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San Francisco Opera announces the release of “Eun Sun Kim: A Journey Into Lohengrin,” an hour-long film taking viewers behind the scenes during the weeks of rehearsal leading up to the opening of Wagner’s Lohengrin at SF Opera last October.
Directed by Elena Park, the film by Lumahai Productions is available in English and Korean.
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