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Josef and Otto Journey to Shanghai

Season 52 Episode 1 | 2m 43s

Otto (Mathew White) and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis) journey to Shanghai in the opening number of this moving opera about two Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany during World War II.

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