Powerful 'Klinghoffer' Premiere Starts With Protests, Ends With Cheers
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Police barricades surrounded the plaza at Lincoln Center, helicopters buzzed overhead and several hundred protesters, at one point led by former mayor Rudy Giuliani, denounced the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening for presenting The Death Of Klinghoffer . Brandishing placards that read âShame On Peter Gelb â â a reference to the Met's general manager â and âThe Met Opera Glorifies Terrorism,â the marchers sang âHatikvah,â the Israeli national anthem, and listened to…
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