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Philly-born Marc Blitzstein is the great composer you’ve half heard of

The Communist overtones in his work that polarized 20th century listeners — plus the circumstances of his 1964 death, a gay hate crime on the island of Martinique — make him all the more intriguing

Marc Blitzstein (Courtesy Opera Saratoga)
Marc Blitzstein (Courtesy Opera Saratoga)Read moreCourtesy Opera Saratoga