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Alabama Shakespeare Festival Enter for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Punk Rockers Turn to Opera

By Neda Ulaby
Published January 8, 2003 at 11:00 PM CST

Opera is the only traditional performance art form with an audience that is getting younger. And some Gen-X fans have found the musical genre via the peculiar route of punk rock. They're drawn by opera's high drama, high volume and intellectual challenge. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

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