Literary-Reading (English/ German): The Virgin of the Seven Daggers by Vernon Lee (Calambac Verlag). Performed by Elizabeth Wiles, Soprano
Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 4 pm Location: Nauwieserstr. 9 Venue: Die Kleine Leseinsel Price: Free
Don Juan Gusmán del Pulgar, Count of Miramor, has made a pact with the Virgin of the Seven Daggers, also called Our Lady of Sorrows. He promises to proclaim forever her supreme beauty and asks that in return she save him from damnation. Emboldened by the deal and driven by insatiable greed, he embarks on one final necromantic and obscure escapade to an enchanted palace beneath the Alhambra, where he seeks to attain a hidden treasure and a long dead Moorish princess.