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Monthly Archives: December 2024

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Racism in the music world...

Hanna Brems
December 23, 2024

Wagner, Nietzsche and National Socialism Richard Wagner (1813-1883) remains a controversial figure in the classical music world to this day. Although […]

I call myself

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December 17, 2024

My name is: Hanna. I call myself: broom in the plural. I call myself: yellow. I call myself: bush with buds, between which the wind strokes toward […]

Racism in opera –...

Hanna Brems
December 13, 2024

Female characters in Madama Butterfly and Turandot Trigger warning: the text below contains references to suicide. Contact the Suicide Line at 1813 […]

Racism in opera – avoid...

Hanna Brems
December 13, 2024

Taking racial elements out of opera Reading time: 5 minutes. Avoiding racial stereotypes in opera requires a thoughtful approach. Directors may […]

Racism in opera – the...

Hanna Brems
December 7, 2024

The performances of Turandot Reading time: 7 minutes. Turandot’s exoticism Already in 1926, the very first performance of Turandot took place, […]

Racism in opera – The...

Hanna Brems
December 7, 2024

The story of Turandot Reading Time: 6 minutes. Introduction Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) remains a fixture on international stages […]

Holy See abuses natural law

Hanna Brems
December 5, 2024

Holy See abuses natural law Reading time: 5 minutes.   Catechism of the Catholic Church In 1992, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II […]

Looking Up

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December 5, 2024

Peter emails me a picture of the clouds, which he sees from his desk, along with the message: look at it and reflect, Hanna. I looked at the picture, […]

The UDHR – Peng Chun...

Hanna Brems
December 4, 2024

Peng Chun Chang, a Confucian influence Reading Time: 3 minutes.   Charles Taylor on the UDHR As universal as we would like it to be, the […]