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Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/gelfand-s-world). ## [From Stage to Campus to Courtroom: A Day of Opera, Demonstrations, and Legal Drama Unfolds](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/gelfand-s-world/28798-from-stage-to-campus-to-courtroom-a-day-of-opera-demonstrations-and-legal-drama-unfolds) GELFAND’S WORLD - La Traviata is one of the more famous operas and one of peoples' favorite Verdi operas. 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