Monthly Archives: November 2016

Lyric Opera’s THE TROJANS: The “Most Profoundly Moving Experience”

“For grandeur of conception, nobility of tone, and imaginative range [Berlioz’ The Trojans] has scarcely a rival in operatic history.”[i] The words of the great musicologist Winton Dean would seem impossible to fulfill in production. But, after seeing the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s brilliant production of The Trojans, Mr. Dean may have been understating the […]

November 22, 2016 – 1:24 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Books, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Opera, Poetry, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on Lyric Opera’s THE TROJANS: The “Most Profoundly Moving Experience”

Interrobang’s THE AMISH PROJECT: An Icon of Forgiveness

In his famous Law of the Drama, the French critic Ferdinand Brunitiere (1849-1906) insists on the primacy of  “conflict” in dramatic literature: “Drama is a representation of the will of man in conflict with the mysterious powers or natural forces which limit and belittle us; it is one of us thrown living upon the stage […]

November 13, 2016 – 5:52 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Books, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on Interrobang’s THE AMISH PROJECT: An Icon of Forgiveness

CST’s King Charles III: The Tragedy of a Virtuous Man

Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper was my favorite novel as an elementary school student. I easily identified with young Tom Canty and saw the young Prince of Wales as my own contemporary Prince of Wales, Charles, whom I was fascinated to learn was but six weeks younger than I. I have maintained my […]

November 11, 2016 – 2:14 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Poetry, Politics, Theater | Comments Off on CST’s King Charles III: The Tragedy of a Virtuous Man