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Daily Archives: January 27, 2012
God, what darkness…
Listening to Orpheus (14) Fidelio is Beethoven’s only opera. He struggled with it and called it “the martyr’s crown”. It is the reverse story of Orpheus. Florestan is imprisoned and his wife Leonore follows him to save him. In his … Continue reading
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Tagged Descent, Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven, Orpheus
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Because he looked back
Listening to Orpheus (13) Philip Pullman on the myth of Orpheus. “The power resides in the events, not in the telling”
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