While I was listening to “Fidelio,”tens of thousands of Hong Kongers (organizers say hundreds of thousands) were demonstrating for liberty. They want a fair and open system for electing their government, and to defend the freedom and rule of law that make Hong Kong so special and successful, a genuinely liberal – in the classical sense – society.
所有这些把我带回了今年7月1日。当我欣赏《费德里奥》时，数万香港人（据组织者称有数十万）正在为了自由而游行。他们想要公正开放的体系选举政府，希望捍卫让香港变得如此特殊和成功、成为真正的（古典含义的）自由社会的自由和法治精神。