Opera Production Shut Down Due To Protests, Outrage
I was poking around the Encarta Encyclopedia website today and came across this bit on the Richard Wagner entry,
In late 1859 the Wagners returned to Paris, where the following year rehearsals began for a revised Tannhäuser at the Opéra; however, the production failed due to political protests. On the bright side, Wagner was granted partial amnesty in 1860, and two years later the last restrictions were lifted, leaving him free to reenter Germany.
This of course was after the powers that be in Germany had expelled the brilliantly accomplished composer for his political activities. His prose work, especially Judaism in Music, even now is still the biggest complaint from his ever-so "tolerant" detractors. It's the same type of culture-killing "protestors" and philanthropists we see these days striving to shut down Mel Gibson's films or others theatrical performances of a play based on Rachel Corries life that were shutting down "controversial" operas in France. Amazing how things change..
This neo-bolshevist behavior is still alive and well in France(as elsewhere) today, well demonstrated in this article about activism, protests, "nazi-hunters" and anti-racism from '95. It's these same people who are pushing for "hate-crimes" legislation in our Congress. The tales of expulsions and "pogroms" always seem to be one-sided. For further reading, I reccomend perusing the link on the right regarding the paradigm which prevents civilizations healing process.
As Edgar J. Steele has said, "There are none more intolerant than those who preach tolerance".
In late 1859 the Wagners returned to Paris, where the following year rehearsals began for a revised Tannhäuser at the Opéra; however, the production failed due to political protests. On the bright side, Wagner was granted partial amnesty in 1860, and two years later the last restrictions were lifted, leaving him free to reenter Germany.
This of course was after the powers that be in Germany had expelled the brilliantly accomplished composer for his political activities. His prose work, especially Judaism in Music, even now is still the biggest complaint from his ever-so "tolerant" detractors. It's the same type of culture-killing "protestors" and philanthropists we see these days striving to shut down Mel Gibson's films or others theatrical performances of a play based on Rachel Corries life that were shutting down "controversial" operas in France. Amazing how things change..
This neo-bolshevist behavior is still alive and well in France(as elsewhere) today, well demonstrated in this article about activism, protests, "nazi-hunters" and anti-racism from '95. It's these same people who are pushing for "hate-crimes" legislation in our Congress. The tales of expulsions and "pogroms" always seem to be one-sided. For further reading, I reccomend perusing the link on the right regarding the paradigm which prevents civilizations healing process.
As Edgar J. Steele has said, "There are none more intolerant than those who preach tolerance".
Labels: Arts, Culture, Hate Crimes, Pop-Activism
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