A contemporary engaving of the enigmatic Kaspar Hauser. Photo: Markgrafen-Museum in Ansbach / DPA It's one of the great all-time mysteries, not just of German history. A young man appears in Nuremberg ...
Elizabeth Swados has always gone her own way, and her new music-theater piece, "Kaspar Hauser: A Foundling's Opera," is stamped with some of her familiar idiosyncrasies: the childlike perspective; the ...
On May 26, 1828, the citizens of Nürnberg (Nuremburg), Germany, received quite a surprise when they found a teenage boy wandering around town, alone and mumbling nonsense. At first, he wouldn’t say ...