Why did the opera company think it was necessary to include those particular three heads on the plate? Mozart did not write that into his opera. No, they did it for the publicity. And they got it... wow did they get it... and in the end, they caved in because they were gutless. They thought it would produce lines at the ticketbox... and nothing else.
Well, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
Again...this is not the situation in which to run up the "political correctness" flag.
I disagree.
Only a feminized and neutered country like Germany, France or Spain could conjure such a cowardly concession to the Islamofascist vermin that infect the Western world.
Political correctness is exactly the reason, and it will be the death of all of us unless it is replaced with truth and reason.
I can not speak to the artistic merits of this particular production of Idoemeneo. It doesn't sound like my cup of tea either.
You should know that the addition of the heads of Buddha, Christ, Jesus and Mohammed was not done to cash in on the recent Mohammed cartoon controversy.
The production originally premiered in 2003 to "widespread criticism", was performed in the 2004-2005 season and it is just now in the 2006-2007 season that the issue about security is being raised.
It is the security issue that is in direct to the Mohammed cartoons.
This article gives more background.
Berlin Opera House Cancels Production
By MELISSA EDDY
AP
BERLIN (AP) - A leading opera house canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" that included a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, unleashing a furious debate over free speech.
In a statement late Monday, the Deutsche Oper said it decided "with great regret" to cancel the production after Berlin security officials warned of an "incalculable risk" because of the scene.
After its premiere in 2003, the production by Hans Neuenfels drew widespread criticism over the scene in which King Idomeneo presents the severed heads not only of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, but also of Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha. The disputed scene is not part of Mozart's original staging of the 225-year-old opera, but was an addition of Neuenfels' production, which was last performed by the company in March 2004."
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