简介：ThePowerStationofEmotions:Forover400years,musicaltheatrehasaccompaniedallthevirtuesandflawsofmodernsociety.HerewecoverWagner,therelationshipbetweentheearliestoperas(Monteverdi,Cavalli)tothemostmodern(Nono,Lachenmann,Rihm)andalsoMozart,anoperaticdoctor,achambersingerastheuserofdopingsubstancesandraritiesbyPorticiandBizet.VillainsSingBass:Whydomalefiguresinoperakillthesopranos?ForwhatreasonisEvilalwaysgiventhebestmelodies?Thebeautyofoperaliesintheserelationshipsandinterconnections.The80,000operasinexistenceformonesinglescorewhichaccompaniesthepast400yearsofsocietylikeadistortedmirror:ThisisthethesispropoundedinXaverHoltzmann'simaginaryoperaguide.…