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Temple of the Scapegoat: Opera Stories

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Combining fact and fiction, each of the one hundred and two tales of Alexander Kluge’s Temple of the Scapegoat compresses a lifetime of feeling and thought: Kluge is deeply engaged with the opera and an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. The titles of his stories suggest his many turns of mind: “Total Commitment,” “Freedom,” “Reality Outrivals Theater,” “The Correct Slowing-Down at the Transitional Point Between Terror and an Inkling of Freedom,” “A Crucial Character ,” and “Deadly Vocal Power vs. Generosity in Opera.” An opera, Kluge says, is a blast furnace of the soul, telling of the great singer Leonard Warren who died onstage, having literally sung his heart out. Kluge introduces a Tibetan scholar who realizes that opera “is about comprehension and passion. The two never go together. Passion overwhelms comprehension. Comprehension kills passion. This appears to be the essence of all operas, says Huang Tse-we.” He also comes to understand that female roles face the harshest fates: “Compared to the mass of soprano victims , the sacrifice of tenors is small .”

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: January 23, 2018

ISBN: 0811227480

ISBN 13: 9780811227483

Temple of the Scapegoat: Opera Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Combining fact and fiction, each of the one hundred and two tales of Alexander Kluge’s Temple of the Scapegoat compresses a lifetime of feeling and thought: Kluge is deeply engaged with the opera and an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. The titles of his stories suggest his many turns of mind: “Total Commitment,” “Freedom,” “Reality Outrivals Theater,” “The Correct Slowing-Down at the Transitional Point Between Terror and an Inkling of Freedom,” “A Crucial Character ,” and “Deadly Vocal Power vs. Generosity in Opera.” An opera, Kluge says, is a blast furnace of the soul, telling of the great singer Leonard Warren who died onstage, having literally sung his heart out. Kluge introduces a Tibetan scholar who realizes that opera “is about comprehension and passion. The two never go together. Passion overwhelms comprehension. Comprehension kills passion. This appears to be the essence of all operas, says Huang Tse-we.” He also comes to understand that female roles face the harshest fates: “Compared to the mass of soprano victims , the sacrifice of tenors is small .”

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: January 23, 2018

ISBN: 0811227480

ISBN 13: 9780811227483

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