Baritone Kyu Won Han says the best piece of advice he can give to opera newcomers is: read up.
“When you go for the first time, you don’t know what they’re saying and you’re too busy looking at the stage and the subtitles … it’s too busy,” he says. “If you read about (the show) before you go, then you can enjoy it much more.”
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