Hey all, so instead of playing The Novice and the Third Sister I am playing a combined role of The Mistress of Novices and the Abess in Suor Angelica. I have a new favorite song:
Off to rehearse!
Inspirational Quote:
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
– Friedrich von Schiller
PS: I hit “Save” rather than publish which is why it was originally written on the 9th. *sigh*
Whilst you are singing the Carmina Burana in medieval Latin and in Middle High German, and whilst you are so brave and self-depreciating to comment on your maloperation of a computer programme with a quote from German classic literature (“Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens”, Friedrich Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orléans), here is some solace from Schiller’s inevitable friend Johann Wolfgang Goethe: “Irrtum verläßt uns nie; doch ziehet ein höher Bedürfnis immer den strebenden Geist leise zur Wahrheit hinan.” (from the poem Vier Jahreszeiten, Herbst)
I wish you ongoing fun and success with your performances on the festival.