“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (“Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart”), commonly abbreviated to “Der Hölle Rache”, is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night, in the second act of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the Queen of the Night […]
Sonnets
During this period of lockdown a number of famous actors have chosen to read a Shakespearean Sonnet for our delectation. Indeed Sir Patrick Stewart undertook to read all 154 of the sonnets a day at a time. Others have performed them in support of various projects in order to keep the theatre before the public. […]
A Midsummer Delight
During the current period of lockdown the Globe Theatre in London has been, like all theatres closed. This would not have been unusual occurance in Shakespeare’s day, where outbreaks of plague were frequent. Indeed the critieria for opening the theatres at the time was the number of death in the past week. Anything below 30 […]