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Don't be scared of Wagner
Daily Telegraph ^
| 5/20/2013
| Sameer Rahim
Posted on 05/21/2013 11:56:02 AM PDT by Borges
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To: MinuteGal
I admit Wagner can be a bit thick(it is German, after all/s)but the only reason I got into it at the beginning because of it was a influence upon JRR Tolkien and his opus “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Wagner was a gateway into the world of opera, I, like your husband, was raised in a rural area where Hank Williams was on the radio not Madame Butterfly.
Still, I ain't gonnin’ to see “Cats” no matter how good it is suppose to be/ lol
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posted on
05/21/2013 1:48:43 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: elcid1970
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posted on
05/21/2013 1:52:34 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: jammer
It all in WHO is watching it.
Frankly some people hate just because they heard Hitler loved it or that Wagner was an anti Semite
Of these critics have a jaundiced eye towards it way before the opening of the first act.
It's their lost.
BTW The NY Metropolitan Opera did a great performance of the Der Ring des Nibelungen and the stage it was performed on almost outshone the actors. It, along with great lightening kept shifting like giant keys on a piano. Words fail me but one has to see it to appreciate the genius of it's workings...
If you like Wagner you gotta get a copy of this version of it.
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:10:09 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: Borges
I do love me some Tannhäuser.
To: left that other site
Im weird. Don't forget Leonard Cohen, Iron Butterfly & Queen.
To: Revolting cat!
What was this thread about again?
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:43:23 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MinuteGal
I drug my ex to the HGO, she slept the first three years, then she got it.
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:43:25 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(I'm in shape. Round is a shape isn't it?)
To: Borges
The Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde is brilliant...as is much his music. That he was a solid gold pr*ck is a separate issue.
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:43:54 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: petro45acp
and the chorus from Mahlers 1st”
Mahler’s 2nd, maybe (or 8th)?
To: RedMonqey
That particular staging was shown in HD around the country at the cinema. I went to a few. Missed a few also, but will get the DVDs....
To: MinuteGal
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:52:07 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(If something is TRULY 'common sense', then a law about it is unneccesary.)
To: Borges
I have been to the opera many times over 35 years, but never to Wagner.
Until May 11, when I saw Gotterdamerung at the Met.
Wow. When it was over after 6 hours, I still wanted more.
To: jammer
Beethoven ... sound...plebeian. Now when it gets to that point, it's a pathology. Whew. At least you recognize that you're not well. The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that you have one.
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posted on
05/21/2013 2:59:35 PM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Borges
Ride Wagner RIDE!!!
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:22:14 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Borges
Well, yes. And the shady deal was trading his sister-in-law for the building of Valhalla by the giants.
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:28:07 PM PDT
by
jammer
To: RedMonqey
Thanks. I shall. My only DVD of the Ring is the older Levine-Jerusalem-Behrens version, which I like a lot, but I am told that the newer one is magnificent.
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:29:59 PM PDT
by
jammer
To: IronJack
Yep. I am laughing. Also coming back now. Relearning the Appassionata, which I haven’t played for years.
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:31:17 PM PDT
by
jammer
To: Arkansas Toothpick; Pharmboy
I strongly recommend this recording.....
....if you can find a copy.
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:50:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: IronJack; RedMonqey
I recommend this recording...
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posted on
05/21/2013 3:53:36 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Mike Darancette
"I do love me some Tannhäuser. "+1
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posted on
05/21/2013 4:01:37 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
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