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Re: Manners and Silence

Posted on September 16, 2008 by ashok / 5 Comments

This posting in the Telegraph on our lack of silence raises several deep questions, including ones about manners, but doesn’t do so in a condescending way...

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The USA at the Opera

Posted on August 12, 2007 by ashok / 1 Comment

America a world leader in opera? Doesn’t surprise me What is interesting to me is how classical music generally isn’t terribly appreciated. Is this ...

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The Poet in Love: On "La Boheme"

Posted on June 13, 2007 by ashok / 0 Comment

Synopsis of the Opera In an apartment in Paris’ Latin Quarter reside four struggling intellectuals/artists: Rodolfo, a poet; Marcello, a painter; Schaunar...

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The Religion of Reason: On Mozart’s "The Magic Flute"

Posted on June 11, 2007 by ashok / 1 Comment

Synopsis of “The Magic Flute:” Tamino, a prince of an unknown realm, is saved by the minions of the Queen of the Night from a monster. She tells him...

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