<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/fall-2018/nights-opera.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Nights at the Opera</title><excerpt>Christina Farris Jensen ’09 has heard all the reasons people avoid opera. “It’s too intellectual, the language is too difficult to understand, and it’s not relevant,” she says. “It’s such a shame. I’m a traditionalist and believe that if you tell the story well and focus on the characters, opera is always relevant because it’s about human nature.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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