The Hölderlin Path
These signs near the Goethe House, in the center of Frankfurt, show the beginnings of the Hölderlin Path (22 km) and the Goethe Trail (11 km). From here, the Hölderlin Read More …
Category: Frankfurt am Main
We waited thirty-five years for this!
From the photo, you might think this was just an ordinary pedestrian and bicycle crossing on an ordinary city street leading from an ordinary strip of city park to another Read More …
Frankfurt’s fabulous opera company
My absolutely favorite place in Frankfurt am Main is the opera house. No, I don’t mean the Old Opera House. I mean the real opera house on Willy-Brandt-Platz, where they Read More …
Frankfurt OperaTalk
In March 2020, the 27th semester of Frankfurt OperaTalk was interrupted after only two meetings, when all courses were suspended in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic. All remaining Read More …
Opern-Gespräche
Seit 1999 leite ich einen Kurs namens Opern-Gespräche an der Volkshochschule Frankfurt. Im März 2020 wurde das 41. Semester der Opern-Gespräche durch das Coronavirus nach nur zwei Treffen unterbrochen. Ob Read More …
The Old Opera in Frankfurt
When I first moved to Frankfurt in 1970 we lived in a fourth-floor apartment not far from the city center. From our bathroom window we could see the ruins of Read More …
Operas in the Bockenheimer Depot
This barn-like structure in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim, near the old university campus, served for many decades as a depot for streetcars. I can remember when the whole place Read More …
L’Orfeo in the Bockenheimer Depot
If the legendary ancient Greek singer Orpheus were alive today he would be an opera singer, right? Well, not exactly. He would sing like an opera singer, but he would Read More …
The world’s first tourist opera
Have you ever been in this situation? You’re traveling with a dozen or so nice people from several different countries, and you’re all very excited about the next leg of Read More …
The Fairy Tale Fountain
Back in the days when we were both active members of the now-defunct website VirtualTourist, my friend Albert from Canberra, Australia, sent me a message pointing out that my Frankfurt Read More …