Originally published on 22/4/2012. In October 2024 Staatsoper Stuttgart staged “Sancta”, an Opera performance by Florentina Holzinger with Paul Hindemith’s
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Κατηγορία: opera
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Mozart’s opera buffa is a perplexing one, and in spite of appearances, a very dark one indeed. It is this
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The itinerant John the Baptist has baptized Christ. In the Gospels, John announces the coming of Jesus and is therefore
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And then went down to the ship, Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and We set up
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– Ψυχηισιν θανατος υδωρ γενεσθαι, υδατι δε θανατος γην γενεσθαι, εκ γης δε υδωρ γινεται, εξ υδατος δε ψυχή –
Continue readingDie Tote Stadt – The Dead City
The mind is like Ariadne’s thread! When I read Katerina’s response to my post on Riga, my mind traveled to
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