tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post115333356872647632..comments2008-12-09T18:54:37.396-05:00Dr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-1153404742540650182006-07-20T10:12:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:12:00.000-04:00I truly enjoyed reading this post, and your point is an excellent one. Relevance is a vastly overrated commodity in the arts, but especially with opera. Censorship was not the only reason that composers like Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi stayed away from contemporary themes. Setting one's story in the present day, whenever that might be, forever ties it to the actions and reactions of its time. The ability of great opera to be timeless (in the truest sense of the word) is one of its best attributes.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183451103546048613noreply@blogger.com