Opera
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The Imprisoned in Paradise School for an all encompassing Life with Circumstances
A fear began to simmer as twenty/twenty began. Twenty twenty is a symbol of good vision — actually, a common measurement for average good sight. By March, the entire globe was hiding, like true globalism in unexpected fashion. Very soon I embraced the idea of being imprisoned in paradise. Limitations became the opportunity to unfold,…
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Voice of a Young Sailor
Westwardsthe gaze wanders;eastwardsskims the ship.Fresh the wind blowstowards home:my Irish child,where are you now?Is it your wafting sighsthat swell my sails?Blow, blow, you wind!Ah, alas, my child!Irish girl,you wild, adorable girl! Voice of a young sailor(heard from a height, as if from the masthead)in “Tristan and Isolde”by Richard Wagner
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Words at the Opera
“Humans are humans, cast out by the elements, long ago torn from the roots of the earth” — Ježibaba, a witch, in Rusalka, by Antonin Dvořák, libretto from poet Jaroslav Kvapil