Word: passions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Christian Passion play at Oberammergau unChristian? In the March issue of the Jewish monthly Commentary, Robert Gorham Davis, professor of English at Columbia University, declares that it is. Writes Davis, a Unitarian: "In a period of reviving antiSemitism, brought finally to public attention by the defacing of synagogues, the visitors to Oberammergau will see, under highly emotional circumstances, a play in which the synagogue is a rallying point for evil and in which the Jewish people accept gleefully for themselves and their children bloodguilt for the murder of the Christian Saviour." As one of many savage lines given the Jews...
Based on medieval miracle plays, it was first performed in 1634 at the time of the Thirty Years' War. A plague sweeping Roman Catholic Bavaria struck Oberammergau, and its despairing inhabitants vowed that if they were spared they would perform a Passion play every ten years. This they have faithfully done, with few interruptions (including one in each World War), ever since. Over the years, the text has been repeatedly rewritten to suit the taste of the times, and music and pageantry have been added. The latest version was written...
Warren's passion for accuracy was felt at the Met. He offered advice to conductors, directors, photographers, engineers and other singers. Several seasons ago, when he disagreed with the conductor's tempo during a Verdi opera, he grabbed the man by the throat and announced: "If you don't stick to the proper tempo, so help me I'll walk off the stage...
...Dimitri Mitropoulos and fine performances from most of the cast. But the opera was chiefly Warren's, and during the denunciation of the villainous Paolo in the famed Council Chamber scene, he sent his great mahogany-hued voice soaring over the orchestra with a power and blazing passion that made for a memorable experience...
...young sailor has killed in passion, but once he has the child in his clutches, he cannot kill the only witness to the crime. As the police come nearer to the man, the man comes nearer to the heart of the child-and the audience. With the final chase scene, only retired desk sergeants and the ghosts of faithless mistresses can help but wish that every cop in Cardiff will end up under 50 feet of water off Tiger...