Hello and Welcome to the Totalitarian Opera Glasses!

I invite you to read my blog here: www.peaisgreen.com

What I love about opera is that it captures in sound the experience of freedom and servitude, subjectivity and dehumanization. Through the ineffability of classical music, it explores fundamental questions about the relationship between art, society, and the modern state—a century ago, and today.

I wanted to share my passion for opera told through the lens of totalitarianism, laced with personal anecdotes and my observations of the world during the last five years. My hope is that you enjoy it, that it provides something to relate to, despite the pain of these years and that it inspires you to see more operas, learn more about the stories in the operatic canon, become curious and experience the joy of classical music, or simply develop a more discerning taste for it.

Thank you for your support!