Poetics by Aristotle
Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity […]
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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!
Tags: bellini, Classical, donizetti, Literature, Mozart, opera, Puccini, Rossini, strauss, verdi, Wagner