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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Night watchmen
Richard Wagner set his glorious opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-singers of Nuremberg) in that German city in the sixteenth century. In the second act a night watchman sings (the English translation in the vocal score is … Continue reading
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Clockpera at the British Museum
The pairing of clocks and opera has been a recurring theme in this blog (1, 2, 3) and I am now happy to report on another such coincidence. Over recent years, members of an opera production company, Brolly Productions, have made several … Continue reading
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