Instead of Christmas, I propose music: Mozart’s opera Le Nozze Di Figaro offers actual moments of contentment. The finale of this opera closes with the players singing of forgiveness and peace, music so beautiful that you wish it might go on forever – which is what Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson proposed to do in his show, Bliss. The performance, solely devoted to this 4-minute section, went for 12 straight hours, the performers singing this pure and wonderful section over and over.I dream that Mr. Kjartannson will consider bringing this exceptional work back – and maybe even make it longer.
Word. Mozart is literally perfection. Heaven. The closest thing to godliness. Funnily, in the darkest moments, the most alone times, music is always there for us.
Until the power runs out.