tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post7595827248764158797..comments2024-03-11T16:31:14.472+01:00Comments on Notes & Quotes: An Opera I'd Love To WriteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-58444301561571743392010-05-05T15:52:13.131+02:002010-05-05T15:52:13.131+02:00I would love a plot where repentance arrives after...I would love a plot where repentance arrives after the return of serenity. The returning serenity would be like the record of the albatros symbolizing serenity. But now the albatros is dead and can only cause a metamorphosis in the captain. Without the kick of a punishing wise and perfect nature, which is a dreary pattern that has been overdone so often. Evident are only some events, the startled reactions of mankind and uncertainty.epitimaios aristoxenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946130178480522700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-23364886695407249512010-05-05T00:48:34.383+02:002010-05-05T00:48:34.383+02:00The first part of this story I like very much. It ...The first part of this story I like very much. It is strong and clear and fresh and related to timeless imagination and experience, like in Joseph Conrad and Homer. But then the story becomes part of a dream, of the northern beclouded kind, whose feature reminds me to the Flying Dutchman and Parsifal, and the result is not so much a cathartic experience of pain and awareness but sentimental confusion and introversion, which I do not like so much. Maybe it is possible to change the second part. It should be more banal and as well more enchanting. The best would be an ambiguous story where a mystic interpretation is calling but a realistic interpretation remains possible. More sun, more rain, less clouds.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battutaepitimaios aristoxenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946130178480522700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964051098919472476.post-82450070523871932442010-05-04T16:48:05.271+02:002010-05-04T16:48:05.271+02:00Yes, that really would be a good story for an oper...Yes, that really would be a good story for an opera.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627001109657876306noreply@blogger.com