Demonstrators protest Met Opera’s ‘Klinghoffer’

By Washington Examiner

Published September 22, 2014 9:54pm ET

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Demonstrators protest Met Opera’s ‘Klinghoffer’ — Protestors attend the arrivals at Metropolitan Opera 2014-15 Season Opening on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in New York. The crowd was protesting the Met's decision to premiere a controversial opera "Death of Klinghoffer," in October about the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of Jewish passenger Leon Klinghoffer. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) | Evan Agostini

NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators in New York have marked the start of the Metropolitan Opera’s season by protesting the planned production of “The Death of Klinghoffer.”

They gathered outside Lincoln Center Monday carrying signs saying “the met opera glorifies terrorism.” The protesters say the controversial opera is anti-Semitic.

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