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A Tale of Two Emilias: Janacek's "The Makropulos Case"
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A Tale of Two Emilias: Janacek's "The Makropulos Case"

Leoš Janáček's opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Case), after a comedy by Karel Čapek, has a rather fantastical idea at its core: the protagonist, Emilia Marty, has lived for some 337 years; her various names have always had the intials "E.M.". She has this preternatural longevity due to a

Colin Clarke Oct 10, 2020 • 3 min read
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