German Dhimmitude Watch
Charles Johnson
Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 12:49 pm PDT • Views: 700
A Berlin opera house has canceled a performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo, after German police warned of possible Islamic attacks—because in the opera’s epilogue, the main character enters with a bloody bag and triumphantly pulls out the severed heads of Poseidon, Jesus, Buddha, and … you guessed it … Mohammed.
The opera house did not receive threats or demands to cancel the show; they did it preemptively, out of simple fear. Welcome to Mozart Year 2006.
The original article in German: Oper aus Angst vor Anschlägen abgesetzt. (Hat tip: DHH.)
UPDATE at 9/25/06 1:11:34 pm:
I should point out that the severed head scene is not in Mozart’s original opera; it’s an addition by the director of this production.
UPDATE at 9/25/06 1:15:37 pm:
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