Category Archives: politics

Will Opera Cologne Call Off Next Season?

Posted on 19/04/2012 by

Update 2 (28.04.12) Their 2012-2013 Repertoire is up and listed, so I’m guessing this problem has been taken care of for now. The opera house in Cologne has announced that it may have to scrap it’s entire 2012-2013 season, according … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, current events, Germany, opera, politics, theater

It’s Universal

Posted on 03/04/2012 by

The Austrian Freedom Party’s local chapter had these signs up as late as last weekend. From the US media via the Associated Press: Innsbruck party officials said Sunday they were getting rid of the posters after Morocco threatened legal action … Continue reading →

Posted in assimilation, Austria, current events, Innsbruck, politics

Florence Opera In Financial Trouble

Posted on 27/03/2012 by

The first staged drama with singing, or opera as we know it, was Peri’s Dafne performed in Florence in 1597. You would think that opera in Florence and in Italy in general are pretty secure, wouldn’t you, it being the … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, current events, Italy, lives of others, opera, politics, theater

First David Duke*, And Now This Guy

Posted on 21/03/2012 by

What is it with American fascists Christian Right and Austria? (Don’t answer that. Sigh.) Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater Xe Services Academi, is currently living in Austria with a legal residence permit (de). He intends to get involved in the … Continue reading →

Posted in America, assimilation, Austria, current events, lives of others, politics | 1 Comment

Wow. (Dude, that’s not a Yarmulka.)

Posted on 30/01/2012 by

Austria, like Germany, has these sort of fraternities (Burschenschaften) which are nothing like the American kind, but more along the lines of those secret societies at Yale — there is a bit of prestige and politics involved. I can’t tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, current events, history, lives of others, memory, politics