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Goddesses, Empresses, and Femmes Fatales

Sunday, October 31st, 1993

For the ancient Greeks, the­ater was a Dionysian rit­u­al, and in the amphithe­ater of Perg­a­mon, you can still feel that myth­i­cal inten­si­ty. The steep incline of the stone seats cre­ates a tremen­dous focus of ener­gy on the stage. When I stood at the cen­ter and sang, I felt my voice ampli­fied, sound waves vibrat­ing in the air.

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