No. 1 opera house opens in Botswana
“The No. 1 Ladies’ Opera House” is the brainchild of Alexander McCall Smith, the bestselling author of the “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” series. He just opened a new arts centre in Botswana’s capital Gaborone, called “The No. 1 Ladies Opera House”, and we talk to him from Botswana about his idea of bringing opera there.
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