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Lost Music: Exploring Literary OperaAuthor: Marc Eliot Stein
An exciting new podcast by Marc Eliot Stein of Literary Kicks. Why is opera relevant today? This sometimes-lost art form hides a fascinating, vibrant world. In our first episode, we discuss whether Verdi's Otello is better than Shakespeare's Othello, whether Othello had PTSD, and what it means that Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro is an Italian opera by a German Austrian and a Venetian Jew based on a French play that takes place in Spain. Welcome to the first episode of Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera! Language: en Genres: Arts, Books, Music, Music History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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About A Flute
Episode 3
Monday, 16 September, 2024
Gaby Kogut joins Marc Eliot Stein to take a deep psychological dive into the meaning of Mozart's masterpiece "The Magic Flute". We talk about many things: problems this opera has in 2024, the idea of "Die Zauberflote" as a time capsule of freemasonry, the male gaze, the great Ingmar Bergman movie, Carl Jung, individuation, "Wizard of Oz", the question of evil. Dive in with us into the cultural birdhouse knows as "The Magic Flute"!
