Pursuits
Nixon Visits China Again in Paris; Musical Revolution
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An opera sparks a revolution? Nah.
Yet that’s what happened on Aug. 25, 1830, in Brussels. After a performance of “La Muette de Portici” (The Mute Girl of Portici), the excited audience stormed out of the Theatre de la Monnaie and put up barricades.