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måndag, december 19, 2005
torsdag, december 15, 2005
Varför opera?
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Knappt har jag frågat om opera är en död konstart förrän det kommer ut en bok Varför opera? där sju regissörer i samtal med Barbara Beyer förklarar varför operan ännu inte är död. Boken är på tyska och i Tagesspiegel den 15 december presenteras den med utdrag från de sju regissörerna. Sieben Regisseure erklären, warum die Oper doch nicht tot ist. De är
- Sebastian Baumgarten (34)
- Andreas Homoki (45)
- Calixto Bieito (42)
- Martin Kusej (44)
- Peter Konwitschny (60)
- Peter Mussbach (56)
- Hans Neuenfels (64)
Regissörerna är alla verksamma främst i Tyskland/Österrike och har en hel del kända/ökända(?) uppsättningar bakom sig. Peter Konwitschny ska f ö sätta upp Mozarts Così fan tutte för Värmlandsoperan nästa år. Boken heter Warum Oper och är sammanställd av Barbara Beyer.
En knagglig snabböversättning av presentationen i Der Tagesspiegel: Sen dess begynnelse befinner sig operan i kris. De gammalmodiga ämnena, den högtidliga formen, otillräckliga sångare, ignoranta regissörer, fåfänga dirigenter, hybrida tolkningar, representationens skräckbild - listan på omöjligheter och förseelser är lång. Ändå tycks intresset för opera obrutet.
onsdag, december 14, 2005
Free speech, Gay rights
Det här skrev Andrew Sullivan i sin blogg på Lucia. Han beskriver exempel i Kanada och England, men har uppenbarligen inte hört talas om Pastor Green i Sweden.
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
FREE SPEECH, GAY RIGHTS:
"There is a troubling aspect to the otherwise laudable campaign to provide basic civil and legal equality to gay citizens in this country and around the world. That aspect is the attempt to prevent or even criminalize the expression of hostility to homosexuality, or gay rights, or indeed any other form of anti-gay speech. This is inimical to the principles of freedom on which the campaign for gay rights must rest. For centuries, the First Amendment was the only security for gay people; without freedom of speech, there would have been no gay rights movement. The idea that that movement would now attempt to restrict the rights of our opponents is truly disgraceful. You see it in Canada, and there is a recent grotesque example in England. It seems to me that gay groups need to end their silence about this and rigorously defend the free speech rights of our opponents, as well as their right to practice their religious faith in any way they see fit, and to proselytize within the law as aggressively as they want. We need to defend the free association rights of groups like the St Patrick's Day parade organizers and even the Boy Scouts, however repugnant their views of gay people. Words cannot harm people; in fact, because those in favor of gay equality are telling the truth, we have every incentive to magnify and extend the debate. Silencing opponents is a sign of weakness, doubt and intolerance. Gay groups can and should do better. "
(Min fetstil)
inimical=svenska:fientlig, skadlig
Andrew Sullivan har också skrivit en (lång) artikel om The End of Gay Culture And The Future of Gay Life som jag skrivit om tidigare, där jag också funderat lite kring Pastor Green och hans uttalanden.
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
FREE SPEECH, GAY RIGHTS:
"There is a troubling aspect to the otherwise laudable campaign to provide basic civil and legal equality to gay citizens in this country and around the world. That aspect is the attempt to prevent or even criminalize the expression of hostility to homosexuality, or gay rights, or indeed any other form of anti-gay speech. This is inimical to the principles of freedom on which the campaign for gay rights must rest. For centuries, the First Amendment was the only security for gay people; without freedom of speech, there would have been no gay rights movement. The idea that that movement would now attempt to restrict the rights of our opponents is truly disgraceful. You see it in Canada, and there is a recent grotesque example in England. It seems to me that gay groups need to end their silence about this and rigorously defend the free speech rights of our opponents, as well as their right to practice their religious faith in any way they see fit, and to proselytize within the law as aggressively as they want. We need to defend the free association rights of groups like the St Patrick's Day parade organizers and even the Boy Scouts, however repugnant their views of gay people. Words cannot harm people; in fact, because those in favor of gay equality are telling the truth, we have every incentive to magnify and extend the debate. Silencing opponents is a sign of weakness, doubt and intolerance. Gay groups can and should do better. "
(Min fetstil)
inimical=svenska:fientlig, skadlig
Andrew Sullivan har också skrivit en (lång) artikel om The End of Gay Culture And The Future of Gay Life som jag skrivit om tidigare, där jag också funderat lite kring Pastor Green och hans uttalanden.
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