The Pearl Fishers, Bizet’s first opera, written when he was only 24, is loved for a few of its lustrous…
Arthur Lazere
Mr. Lazere founded CultureVulture.net in 1998 and worked tirelessly to promote its potential as a means for communicating a distinctly personal yet wide-ranging selection of arts reviews. Under his leadership, the site grew in esteem as well as in “circulation", and is well-regarded nationally and internationally as a source for up-to-date, well-written criticism.
Arthur passed away on September 30, 2006.
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