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New Exhibitions of Ancient Fables

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by Patrick Carnegy
How far can one understand The Magic Flute without being a freemason, Don Giovanni without believing in damnation, or Tannhauser without reference to medieval morality?
PATRICK CARNEGY looks at the conflict between aesthetic and ethical attitudes to opera. He asks how far modern scepticism can engage dramatic works of which ancient beliefs are an Integral part. followed by an Interlude

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