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Posted AT 3:55 AM EDT on 11/03/08

Atwood takes on role of librettist

MARSHA LEDERMAN

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

VANCOUVER — Margaret Atwood is known internationally for the printed word, but Canada's first lady of literature is also an enthusiastic opera devotee. Her love for the genre goes all the way back to high school, where she co-wrote an opera for a home-economics project. Since then, many of her works have been transformed into opera, musical and stage shows, but now Atwood is embarking on a new role: an operatic librettist in an all-Canadian project.

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