The weather in Rome is quite miserable this time of year, but the activities of the Holy Year have done much to keep my mind off the cold and the rain. Kim Knudsen ’10 wrote this review of Tosca from the point of view of an offended Catholic. Kim Knudsen ’10 - Role: Offended Catholic
Kim Knudsen ’10 - Role: Offended Catholic.
Knudsen authored the review titled “Italian Opera Insults Catholics.” Photographer: Jim HeemstraĮach student in the course Tyrants and Tunesmiths: Music and the State in Modern Europe wrote a review based upon the experience of the performance, but adopting the perspective of a particular cultural or political figure from the original premiere in 1900 in Rome.Īccording to Assistant Professor of History Kelly Maynard, the exercise provides a good way for students to apply the historical training they have been receiving in this unique course to their evening at the opera. Assistant Professor of History Kelly Maynard (center) with students (clockwise from lower left) Paul Dampier ’12, Kim Knudsen ’10, Erik Jarvis ’12, and Briel Waxman ’12.
0 kommentar(er)
