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Dispatches From
the Napoleonic Wars
at the Met
Here we follow the trials and tribulations of a mild-mannered New Jersey man who has bravely decided to be an extra in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Prokofiev’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
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January 26, 2009Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 12: A Farewell to Arms (and a Secret Love Revealed)
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December 1, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 11: Spies Everywhere
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October 20, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 10: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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August 22, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 9: Half as Long as War and Peace and Only Twice as Funny (or Vice Versa)
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July 15, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 8: Metropolitan Opera Highlights … My Mediocrity
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June 13, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 7: Painful Adolescent Angst
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May 9, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 6: Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down
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March 31, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 5: I Surrender Like My Name Is Pierre
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February 29, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 4: I Hope My Legs Don’t Break, Walking on the Moon
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February 8, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 3: The Troops Face the Music
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January 14, 2008Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 2: Dissension in the Ranks
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December 4, 2007Dispatches From the Napoleonic Wars at the Met: Dispatch 1: New Jersey Man Marching for Holy Mother Russia
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