This writing will be in five parts; this is part two where we will cover Donna Elvira, Zerlina, and Masetto in the opera Don Giovanni. I have great fondness for the character of Donna Elvira. She is a scorned woman, she is a deceived woman, she is a very hurt…
This writing will be in five parts; this is part one where we will cover Leporello, Donna Anna, and Don Ottavio in the opera Don Giovanni. Then we will continue with Le Nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte, these will be one-parters. There are some repetitions in this text.
So I have continued to explore the world of opera. I have discovered a few things, let me state these things. I have always loved Jussi Björling and as a swede, I am also proud of him. He is a one of the greatest tenors, one of the best many…
I have been thinking a lot about repentance these last days being immersed in the opera La Traviata (I did a little writing about it which you can find here). La Traviata is very much a drama about sin and redemption, about the power of love, but also how hard…
If you read the Word of God you can stumble on some remarkable sayings, like this in Numbers 32:23, “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.” What is this about? If we have sinned…
This is a sub-chapter from the head-chapter The Providence of God from my book The Sovereignty of God: The Forgotten Doctrine, here adapted to the NKJV translation. Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever…