The title notwithstanding, Minami can't really have adventures; she's an android with no knowable inner states. But for that The title notwithstanding, Minami can't really have adventures; she's an android with no knowable inner states. But for that 
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts disgustingly. That seems to be the message behind Richard Strauss's opera.
Who do we actually encounter in The Encounter? A powerful artist, some faraway people, our own assumptions. 
Valmont's reputation for savage civility precedes him. The play takes place in the 1780s, not long before the French Revolution...
