Word: guelfi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Untroubled by any theory that the earth is round, Milhaud's Columbus goes on a purely religious mission: his "new world" represents the "other world," the kingdom of heaven. Columbus himself (sung by Piero Guelfi) is first seen as an old man, fingering the shackles that once held him. Then, quick as an amoeba, he splits in two: the man as seen by his contemporaries and the hero posterity thinks him to be. He sets out on his mission partly because of the arrival of a mystical dove (representing the Holy Ghost), while beyond the seas, certain Mexican deities...
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