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1996
2001
2010
December 17, 1996 – April 22, 1997:
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis,
Lima, Peru.
Spring, 2010: Lyric begins moving
forward on Renée Fleming’s idea to
commission an opera based on the
novel.
May, 2001: Harper Perennial publishes
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett.
December 9, 2010: Renée Fleming
is announced as Lyric’s first-ever
creative consultant. Among Ms.
Fleming’s projects is the curating of a
world-premiere opera to debut in the
2015/16 season.
Bel Canto
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