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...MEDICINE 275 Number of patients Spanish anesthetist Juan Maeso infected with the hepatitis-C virus by injecting them with the same needle he used to inject himself with morphine 1,933 Length in years of a prison term Maeso has been sentenced to by Valencia regional court judges. Under Spanish law, the most time he can serve is 20 years
...Years in prison Maeso was sentenced to serve by justices of a Valencia regional court--seven years for each patient he infected and eight for each who died. He must also pay a fine of $1.36 million...
...View from Valencia With regard to Geoff Pingree's article on Valencia's new opera house [Feb. 26]: My husband and I have been to four performances at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. We can understand why people are dazzled by the hall's "curved walls, rolling stairways; turquoise reflecting pools topped by a detached, featherlike roof." Artistic quality is indeed high, and the acoustics are excellent. Each seat is equipped with a small screen allowing you to see the libretto in one of several languages. But surely, for the €325 million that the building...
...This season's performances, which end on May 19 with Well-Paid Walk, are completely sold out, but these are early days, and some flashy new theaters like the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Southern California have failed to draw anticipated sellout audiences. Opera expert Payne suggests that Valencia may not achieve its goal of becoming a world opera mecca, but could become a fine regional draw. "Maybe it won't be able to compete with Milan," he says, "but it could be a Rome. It might not be Paris, but it could be a Lyons...
...native Valencian who, with his wife, flutist Magdalena Martínez, was reluctant to return to his hometown after working with better-known opera companies in London and Paris, says: "I was won over by the commitment to the quality of the musical performance. In the opera world, Valencia is a city of the future...