The American Minervan

Tag: Drama

  • Poem: Into the Land of Heroes | Wagner, Das Reingold: Vorspiel

    Poem: Into the Land of Heroes | Wagner, Das Reingold: Vorspiel

    INTO THE LAND OF HEROES AND FRIENDS By Dominique Johnson I rise with you,As you do in me.I am shedding my skins,To unfold youSitting on the throne of the slainLight about your pavilion, Brooding deep with three piercing eyes Whisper at this hour the things your two eyes have seen.I saw the well in a…

  • Gustav Holst: Saturn, Bringer Of The Old Age

    Gustav Holst: Saturn, Bringer Of The Old Age

    Come forth DREAMER, MIGHT of elder father, so that you may rise again; Dream as you would when in longing, It is from an Old Age your gifts sprang. It was the churning hot elements from the stars that bore you.

  • Carl Orff: In Taberna Quando Sumus – Kurt Eichhorn

    Carl Orff: In Taberna Quando Sumus – Kurt Eichhorn

    “Here no-one fears death,but they throw the dice in the name of Bacchus…May those who slander us be cursedand may their names not be written in the book of the righteous.” Precisely my sentiment. When we’re in the tavern In taberna quando sumusnon curamus quid sit humus,sed ad ludum properamus,cui semper insudamus.Quid agatur in tabernaubi…

  • Sherrill Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi: “Va Tosca” (Te Deum) Act

    Sherrill Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi: “Va Tosca” (Te Deum) Act

    “Va, Tosca!” (Go Tosca!) An English Translation of the Drama by Ruggero Raimondi