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Hamburg hedges billionaire’s $300 million opera-house gift

Hamburg hedges billionaire’s 0 million opera-house gift

The billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne has promised to give 300 million euros to build a new opera house. The city has allocated a site. But the bureaucrats are dithering over small print and the donor, 87, is getting impatient.

‘What happens if it costs more?’ is one objection.

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