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| Mainz's cathedral, photographed from the opera house |
Since reporting from
Tannhäuser, Gentle Readers, I've been so out of touch with local opera that I barely know what I missed. (Except the prima of
Rinaldo here in Mainz, for which there were no student tickets.) This shocking state of affairs has been brought about by academic deadlines. Once I've presented on my research this week, though, things will be better; and once November 15--favorite deadline for funding organizations and conference organizers alike--is past, opera-going will become positively reckless once more.
Rinaldo has only a
few more dates, but I'm going to try to make one of them. A
new production of Gluck's Ezio opens in Frankfurt this month, which I'm quite excited about.
Prokoviev's Love for Three Oranges--possibly the perfect pick-me-up opera for dreary winter weather--comes to Wiesbaden. Perhaps most excitingly, from December to mid-January, Darmstadt will be celebrating the bicentenary of Georg Büchner with
a double bill of Wozzeck-operas. For now, though, Gentle Readers, I leave you with this recent setting of
Ubi Caritas, courtesy of this week's choir rehearsal
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Have a nice evening!
Thanks very much for the alert!
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