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Anais Mitchell reimagines Orpheus tale as a folk opera

Anais Mitchell (above) enlisted Ani DiFranco and Greg Brown, among others, to sing on her new CD, “Hadestown.’’ Anais Mitchell (above) enlisted Ani DiFranco and Greg Brown, among others, to sing on her new CD, “Hadestown.’’ (Alicia J. Rose)
By Joan Anderman
Globe Staff / April 9, 2010

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Anais Mitchell is a true child of Vermont: the daughter of hippies, raised on a farm, indoctrinated as a tot by her English professor father into the world of words and storytelling. Mitchell followed her own literary muse, guitar in hand, to become a singer-songwriter. And she has channeled a Vermonter’s can-do attitude into her current project: a folk opera ... (Full article: 910 words)

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