A Very Personal Take on Yesterday’s Die WalkürePart II of Richard Wagner’s famous Ring cycle (Ring 2025/26, premiere June, 25 2026) Die Walküre Saturday, 4 July 2026, 5:00 p.m. Happy Fourth of July and 250th anniversary of the American revolution. Live audiovisual broadcast from the National Theatre to Max Joseph Square as part of Opera … Continue reading
Happy new year. With great comfort I quit cold science to do something new this year. I am, however, in gratitude for my life, for my family, for my colleagues and friends. That includes many of you. I am blessed and lucky. I have learned many times that challenges and failures have great purpose, they … Continue reading
Recently I attended a catholic retreat in a Benedictine mountain monastery. The theme was: The wolf in us. We discussed the archetypes and myths of the wolf, a topic I had explored in great length before, their archetypes here and here. The point was raised, that the wolf represents greed, one of the seven deadly sins. What … Continue reading