James Tobin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>... The story, up till the transformation of Turandot, including the
>cheering of the crowd, is horrifying, yes. As is the plot of Tosca. Two
>or three decades ago someone published an article, in Musical America, I
>think, saying that Puccini was a Fascist and expressed cruelty in his
>music.
Doesn't Busoni's Turandot (which I infintely prefer BTW) also have
essentially the same plot? Did this make Busoni a Fascist too?
Deryk Barker
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