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Singing Humboldt’s praises in Bogotá: a musical based on his life

By Steve Hide July 22, 2019

An operetta based on scientific wunderkind Alexander von Humboldt comes to the Bogotá stage.

lexander von Humboldt with French botanist Aimé Bonpland in the Orinoco, probably in 1800 - Woodcut (1870) of Otto Roth from a drawing by H. Lademann
Alexander von Humboldt with French botanist Aimé Bonpland in the Orinoco, probably in 1800 – Woodcut (1870) of Otto Roth from a drawing by H. Lademann

What a year of anniversaries 2019 is turning out to be: 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, 40 years since the Sony Walkman, 50 years since the moonwalk, 200 years of Colombian independence. And don’t forget the 250th anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt.

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Steve Hide

Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.

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