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August 17, 2004
Improving Operas; Music Criticism; Strauss's "One Night in Venice"
From an old record blurb by George Jellinek:It is refreshing to see this kind of writing about classical music, and this attitude that art is to be improved, not merely preserved.As a libretto, "Eine Nacht in Venedig" is decidedly not a work of art. ... "One Night in Venice" is clearly a modern impresario's dream. No amount of tampering or experimentation is likely to cause aesthetic indignation or critical furore. Quite the contrary, in all probability it will be an improvement over the original. For here, surely, the play's not the thing.
Posted by erasmuse at August 17, 2004 11:08 PM
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