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WRETCHED DESIRES: “WEEP FOR THE SAVIOR NOT THE SEDUCER”

Peter Abelard. An impudent nuisance to his contemporaries, a romantic figment later, and perhaps our first free man. “By doubting, we come to inquire and by inquiry we arrive at truth”. The church has never quite understood Abelard to the … Continue reading

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FINE LINE BETWEEN THE HEROIC & THE IDIOTIC

No other artist has made such ferocious demands upon his performers and the public. Richard Wagner, an autocrat, not only wrote the libretto and the music; often with total disregard for the human voice; but also flung into the score … Continue reading

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