Yesterday, I went to Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House (London). Tim Albery’s version is a great performance. The staging and scene were not over elaborate, but very effective. All the main soloists were very good, especially Adrianne Pieczonka ’s Senta, and the chorus and orchestra were first-rate. For me, it was “excellent”… Read More Lutheranism and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
Until quite recently, I had never heard of Pieter Neeffs the Elder; yet, his paintings are phenomenal! For lovers of church architecture and of paintings, Neeffs’ work creates a liminal space where breathtaking architecture fuses with exquisite painting in one creation. For the historian, Neeffs’ work also provides an absorbing lens onto the world of early-modern churches… Read More The Canaletto of Churches: Pieter Neeffs the Elder
For a long time, it’s seemed to me that when I care intensely about something, I lose it. Whatever my emotional energy is poured into, it turns to dust and ashes. Things flourish in my life when I try to do my duty, and when I do care, but when they are “out of the… Read More Make Your Will my will
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