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Dominican Republic: Remembering Eduardo Brito

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 @ 03:08 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Dominican Republic
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Music
Languages:: Spanish

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Eduardo Brito was a famous baritone from the Dominican Republic, who passed away in 1946, and even the National Theater bears his name. However, Roció Díaz of Monaco [es] writes that very few Dominicans today know about the man and his life.

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