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Hello opera Tumblr! I thought I’d post a screencap of this tweet since I know there are opera fans of color here and also I see a lot of good critical thinking about opera on Tumblr. I’m not sure if any of you are current or prospective freelancers but in case you are, check out the original tweet here and/or contact the email address mentioned in the second and third screencaps.
To be able to juggle, all you need is excellent physical coordination. The spectacle of a child playing a Scarlatti sonata is more than that—it can be seen as a kind of acculturation to a specific, Western tradition. A kid playing adult music is performing adult emotions. She is concentrated and well-dressed, not wild and silly. Maybe what’s really fascinating for audiences is simply that the prodigy seems to have been so perfectly brought up. Maybe, we think, high culture really does make people better. Alma Deutscher’s world is one where Victorian virtue is exciting, and conformity is cute.
Hartmut Welscher on child prodigies in VAN, one of the most consistently thought-provoking publications around right now.
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Looking forward to seeing more!
