Leslie Rubinstein (Pueblo, CO, June 21, 1939 — Glenview, IL, September 22, 2007) was an American music critic and

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. She was a regular contributor to '' Opera News'' magazine from the mid-1970s through the 1990s. Her first article with the magazine was about stand-by singers at the

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in 1975. Some of her other work for the magazine included featured stories on Luciano Pavarotti, Jan Peerce,

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and the filming of

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's '' Carmen''.

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