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AP - They call it “Summer Madness.” OK, it’s just an advertising slogan that loosely ties together the three works currently in repertory for the San Francisco Opera’s June season. But the title character of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” offers more than enough insanity to go around, especially as portrayed by the dynamic French soprano Natalie Dessay.

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HARUKA: Beyond the Stream of Time - A Tale of the Eight Guardians, Vol. 1 (DVD)

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AP - The latest “first” for Barack Obama comes off the Milan runway.

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Reuters - Films about a British neurosurgeon in Ukraine, a U.S. banjo player seeking the instrument’s African roots and a battle over a community garden in a poor Los Angeles neighbourhood were top winners at the Silverdocs documentary festival on Sunday.

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AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than $250,000 in prizes were announced Sunday after a weeklong competition that mingled features from “American Idol” with the world of classical music.

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