Werther, the poet and Werther the Opera
The cinema is the best place to watch an opera - close-up and personal. No more are the stars able to hide behind distance from the audience. How wonderful to see their eyes as they show joy or their tears when they weep.
But back to Jonas Kaufman who played the tragic and passionate Werther.
As a gardener, his words stuck with me - there is a lot of snow on the ground still and only a year ago, it was warm and wee flowers were blooming...
Werther said in his sultry voice; "Oh Nature, full of grace, Queen of Time and Space."
Nature is working hard at being full of grace right now, but what really shows, is that she truly is the queen of time and space. I cannot wait for her to let go her passive-agressive relationship with winter.
