Re: thought for the week of August 29, 1999

On Wed, Sep 01, 1999, Peter Groves <peter.groves[_at_]virgin.net> wrote:
>
> On 01 Sep 1999, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Of course, Seattle has become the U.S. Bayreuth, with several acclaimed
> > mountings of the Ring during the '70s and '80s, and a new one slated for
> > 2001. And last season's TRISTAN with Jane Eaglen was stunning.
>
> So there's another good reason to visit Seattle! I'll be in touch,
> Bob...
>
> I can't resist adding (with apologies to those who have heard this
> before) that it was, I think, of Parsifal (though it might have
> been Lohengrin) that someone said it's one of those opera's that
> is so long, performances have to start at 5 o'clock, and after the
> first three hours you look at your watch and it's 5.30...
>
> No doubt someone (and I expect it will be Bob) will correct my
> recollection and give a source.

No, I can't correct the quote and source ... this is a new one on me ... the one quote on Wagner that I can call most readily to mind -- and I offer it here as food for thought for the anti-Wagnerians lurking on this thread -- is from Mark Twain: Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Bob

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