Hm, really? That's too bad. But I feel then, in this case, the need to separate the author from his work--except, obviously, in the case of the English version. Music, after all, can't have political sympathies, and I agree largely with the sentiments expressed in the original French libretto, which, as I mention above, actually *does* say things like "to reign is an immense crime."
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Date: 2009-01-03 06:24 pm (UTC)