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John Danaher

Ireland
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Academic and blogger. I like to imagine, navigate and analyse the future of humanity. Tweets about philosophy, ethics, technology and law (mainly)
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Come sail away with me

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By John Danaher
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Portion of poster by Georges Rochegrosse for René Fauchois and Gabriel Fauré’s Pénélope, used for the Paris première at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées which premièred on 10 May 1913. It has been the summer of The Odyssey. By most measures, Christopher Nolan’s film inspired by Homer’s two-thousand-eight-hundred-year-old epic poem has been a smashing success. The movie grossed over $1 billion in its first ten days of release and it has more than recouped the reported $250 million it cost to make.
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Riccardo Muti is a great opera conductor

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By John Danaher
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He is justly famous for meticulously following the intentions of the composer as expressed in the score. Some might quibble that his approach is pedantic, boring, or uninspired. He has a reputation as a stern taskmaster (“Old School”) and his uncompromising perspective might be off-putting to some. I find these qualities intrinsic to his greatness. Let’s review; earlier in his career he worked with some great singers of the twentieth century including Caballé, Freni, Domingo, and Cappuccilli.
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There are no dead

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By John Danaher
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A portion of the cover of Mawrdew Czgowchwz by James McCourt If opera is tantamount to a religion for the most devoted readers of Parterre Box, James McCourt is surely its high priest and Mardew Czgowchwz its sacred text.
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