17 Nov 2008

The Greek Passion, Zurich Opera

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9e649fc6-b0de-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F9e649fc6-b0de-11dd-8915-0000779fd18c.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Farts%2Fmusic

By Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times, 12 November 2008]

Well-fed and well-off, these Christians pray to a God of compassion. But when refugees arrive on their doorstep, they turn their backs. Bohuslav Martinu’s The Greek Passion is an essay in hypocrisy.