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Piccolo Teatro Lirico

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Italy has a new – short – twist on a centuries-old art form. A small, historic theater in Rome was having a hard time surviving when it turned to trills and arias to help keep it afloat: opera. But not the usual hours-long, mega-productions. Megan Williams visited the Piccolo Teatro Lirico in the city’s historic center.