> Does the opera advance any notion that the Palestianians might be
> pawns in the hands of larger geopolitical forces? Does it compare
> their leadership with that of, say, Martin Luther King or Mahatma
> Ghandi?
The problem I have with this, Richard, is that it's implicitly challenging
the opera in terms of what it +doesn't+ say rather than what it does. I'm
bothered, given that there are always innumerable things that can be said,
and almost +any+ work could be faulted for "omissions".
Anyway, Alison's post was the first I'd heard of the opera, or the issue
(or, indeed, I'm ashamed to say, the composer!). So I'm off to chase the
link that Jeremy kindly provided, to try and find out more.
Cheers
Robin
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