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Fidelio and Napoleon
Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera
English - June 24, 2019 00:34 - 41 minutes - 46.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBooks Arts Music Music History literature mozart puccini rossini wagner bellini classical donizetti opera strauss Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Beethoven's politically charged "Fidelio" is an opera for today, with messages of resistance, defiance, #MeToo and prisoner awareness. It premiered during the Napoleonic Wars that brought revolutionary tumult all over Europe, and Ludwig van Beethoven was deeply involved in progressive revolutionary politics. We talk about the French Revolution, Tolstoy's "War and Peace", David Lang's "Prisoner of the State", Schroeder's toy piano and much more. The final episode of Season 1 of "Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera"!