Opera cancels 'War and Peace' due to cost

Sunday, August 25, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Opera has canceled a $3 million production of "War and Peace" because of cost overruns and the refusal of billionaire Alberto Vilar to cover the additional expenditures.

To continue reading
For more than 115 years, the Southeast Missourian has written the first draft of local history. We have aspired to enrich, entertain, educate and inform. Our core values have remained firm: truth, service, quality, integrity and community. Support our mission.