“Gott, welch ein Dunkel hier!” God, what a Darkness here – says Florestan, after the orchestra, without words, describes a dungeon, [i] and man’s despair beyond reach “Da, nimm das Brot, du armer Mann!” Now, take this Bread, you poor man – says the faithful one, disguised, – accept the first morsel of freedom, light, and joy, sustained … “Du armer Mann” thus becomes Every, each, and Beethoven’s soulful music builds the scene of our contingent rescue – Love (2010s) [i] “Fidelio”. Wikipedia.org. {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio} (accessed December 1, 2021). – “Fidelio, Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner … with the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1805.” Comments are closed.
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Poems by Janet
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von Gumppenberg | Meet me at the Passage |
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