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  • German opera house cancels provocative Mohammed staging

    09/25/2006 3:21:07 PM PDT · by Rutles4Ever · 34 replies · 871+ views
    BreitBart ^ | 9/25/2006
    Berlin's Deutsche Oper has removed the provocative staging of a Mozart opera from its schedule for fear of enraging Muslims, the opera house said in a statement. One of three opera houses in the German capital, it cancelled director Hans Neuenfels's production of "Idomeneo", a 1781 drama set in ancient Crete, because authorities warned it could present an "incalculable security risk". In the staging, which sparked audience protests during its premiere in December 2003, King Idomeneo presents the lopped-off heads of Poseidon, Jesus, Buddha and the Prophet Mohammed and displays them on four chairs. German critics saw the show at...
  • Opera withdrawn over Islamist threat

    09/26/2006 1:49:59 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 67 replies · 1,255+ views
    The Financial Times ^ | September 26, 2006 | Bertrand Benoit
    Indignation erupted across Germany’s political spectrum on Tuesday after a renowned opera house said it had dropped a controversial production of Mozart’s Idomeneo from its programme because it feared becoming a target of Islamist extremists.Wolfgang Schäuble, interior minister, attacked the decision by Berlin’s Deutsche Oper not to show the 200-year-old work as “crazy”, “ridiculous” and “unacceptable”. Bernd Neumann, culture minister, said it showed “the democratic culture of free speech is in danger”. The uproar threatens to dominate the government’s first conference on Islam, which Mr Schäuble opens on Thursday. Berlin wants the gathering of politicians and community leaders to develop...