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When I met Max about ten years ago, he had just returned from Venice, where he had done a performance: dressed in a fluorescent vest, he waved a tiny, ridiculous flag so that passersby would mistake him for a tour guide. I can’t remember what he said or the colours of the flag he was carrying, but Venice is a city threatened by the rising water and overwhelmed by the weight of mass tourism attracted by the cities’ history.
The history of Belgium is more recent than that of Venice. In 1830, the harvests were poor in Brussels, and discontent was rising. On August 25, 1830, the opera La Muette de Portici by Daniel- François-Esprit Auber was performed for the first time in Brussels, at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. The opera exalts the Neapolitan people who had revolted in the 17th century against their Spanish oppressors. This was enough to inspire the Brussels audience, whose ground was under the rule of the Netherlands who could identify with the people of Naples. Even...More
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When I met Max about ten years ago, he had just returned from Venice, where he had done a performance: dressed in a fluorescent vest, he waved a tiny, ridiculous flag so that passersby would mistake him for a tour guide. I can’t remember what he said or the colours of the flag he was carrying, but Venice is a city threatened by the rising water and overwhelmed by the weight of mass tourism attracted by the cities’ history.
The history of Belgium is more recent than that of Venice. In 1830, the harvests were poor in Brussels, and discontent was rising. On August 25, 1830, the opera La Muette de Portici by Daniel- François-Esprit Auber was performed for the first time in Brussels, at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. The opera exalts the Neapolitan people who had revolted in the 17th century against their Spanish oppressors. This was enough to inspire the Brussels audience, whose ground was under the rule of the Netherlands who could identify with the people of Naples. Even...More
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