| re: Where does Mazeppa come from? |
| Posted by: SpeechTeacher 05:03 pm EST 01/24/19 |
| In reply to: I always wish I'd been more musically literate..... - portenopete 11:37 am EST 01/24/19 |
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| There is a painting at the Met which explains the Mazeppa legend. I will try to remember. There was a young knight named Mazeppa who was suppose to guard a Lord's lady. Instead he seduced her. The Lord, as punishment tied Mazeppa naked to a horse and sent him off to die in the forest. I think Sondheim named the Gypsy character after this young knight, because of the nudity angle. |
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