Please Supervai, in fact, I am the one who thanks you for the beautiful words, and I also thank the rest of the wanderers who have found themselves in this place :)
@Roby: This artist has objectively achieved remarkable results in various fields, but preferences are always subjective. As for me, the album I prefer among all those in his vast discography is "Bay of Kings," which, in addition to that, is one of my all-time favorite albums.
@Giustiziere: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a transitional work, in which the guitar (as has happened in the past) plays the leading role, relegating the orchestra to a rather auxiliary position (a situation that, indeed, will balance out with "Metamorpheus"). For this reason, I wanted to emphasize that it is the orchestra that supports Steve and his instrument and not vice versa. @Supervai: Well, there is a lot to discuss about an artist like Füssli... About his delicate and, at the same time, haunting style... While I am aware of some of his paintings from the "Shakespeare Gallery," I decided not to include them on this page because they reveal too much of the story (being a review and not a summary or report, I would like to avoid disclosing, at least directly in the main text, the central events of the tale). Moreover, I would like to clarify your ideas about the painting you mentioned, which is actually titled "Das Erwachen der Elfenkönigin Titania," which, translated into our language, means "The Awakening of the Fairy Queen Titania." If you notice, in fact (and this larger image may help you: 'http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1078/erwachen.jpg'), the character that stands out in the painting is Oberon, who, by breaking the love spell on Titania, awakens her, pointing out who she had been unknowingly spending time with. Meanwhile, Puck, above them, is taking away the donkey's head from Bottom's face, still asleep to the left of the bewildered queen of the fairies. I have no idea why they translated it as "The Marriage of Titania," since, simply by looking at it, it is immediately clear that there is nothing matrimonial in this depiction. I take this opportunity to give proper credit to the artists I have indirectly referenced through their works, which are: "Hermia & Lysander" by John Simmons from 1870 (link 3), "The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania" from 1849 and "The Reconciliation of Titania and Oberon" from 1847 by Sir Joseph Noel Paton (links 4-14), a canvas depicting Puck and Guts taken from the art book "Berserk Illustrations File" by Kentarou Miura from 1997 (link 11), and a series of illustrations from the 1908 illustrated edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," created by Arthur Rackham (links 1-2-5-6-10-12-13).
