The Georgian language “possibly has the greatest variety of syllables of any known language; a wealth of synonyms and a syntactic sophistication more easily associated with the main world languages”. This was Donald Rayfield’s introduction to his translation of the traditional poem Mariam Kandelaki turns into images and sounds in this animated fresco, an expression of her country’s love for poetry. “My son did not face a gentle beast.”
William stands at the window telling Abigail his story of walking down 'the witches' path. The unseen spectral Abigail taunts William suggesting that he walked down the path hoping to see her.
In the bright sunlight of opera buffa, a handsome Turkish prince (with an agile bass voice) lands on the coast of Naples looking for amorous adventures.
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
