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| | UNL to Revive Influetial "Bohemian Girl" |
 | | The opera, The Bohemian Girl, composed by Michael William Balfe, also holds special significance for Nebraskans and readers of Willa Cather, who saw the opera as a teen-ager and whose work frequently makes use of its characters, plot, and, especially, its music. |
 | | Another indication of The Bohemian Girl’s popularity was a 1936 movie musical by Laurel and Hardy that was a parody of the opera, since parody assumes familiarity on the part of the audience. |
 | | The symposium is being coordinated with the Cather Project’s WWI Symposium. |
| www.unl.edu /Cather/scholarship/mt/Winter2002/bohemian.html (1576 words) |
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