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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

Louisville's intimate stage honours the man who built its opera from scratch. The Moritz von Bomhard Theater is the smaller of the two principal houses inside the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts at 501 West Main Street, which opened on 19 November 1983 to a glittering downtown premiere - Diane Sawyer presenting, Charlton Heston among the guests - after years of civic debate over the 33.5-million-dollar project. The theater's namesake founded the Kentucky Opera in 1952 and nurtured it for...