And if Verdi had lived, say, in the Baroque era, when operas nearly always had happy endings, Violetta might have done just as well for herself.

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They play tricks and dance to the accompaniment of the Baroque-era music of the Jesuit missions, then around midnight fireworks pop from the top of their wide-brimmed hats, symbolizing the gift of light and vision to live respectfully.

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The work's plain and often silken take on Baroque-era dance aesthetics came with an apt scrawl in the background, an enlargement of one of Ms. Brown's own drawings.

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And it's augmented this time by a small, Baroque-era pipe organ Powell says he found and moved into the studio for the recording sessions.

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