Welcome to Bernard Lewis' 

Humanities 211 Blog

Friends, Foes, & Femmes Fatales - Fall 2012

literature, music, and art from Ancient 

through Modern times.

Tuesday, Aug. 28

Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa.

Erika, Vanessa's niece, sings "Why does the Winter Come so Soon?" Appropriately, the imagery in the song is all about winter. She standes at the window of the country house and watches the cold animals and the barren landscape.

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Album cover for Vanessa, with Susan Graham as Erika.