You've apparently never seen the Opera Parsifal.........Wagner was an anti-semite, no question. For those who obsessively exhume the past, including knocking down statues and expunging history, advocacy of such a reprehensible individual is surely hypocrisy of the first water. (I won't need to even discuss what he did to poor old Hand von Bulow, but its worth noting that he tried to force the first conductor of Parsifal (from whom the character Klingsor features, an apparently anti-semitic caricature, like Meistersingers Beckmesser) Hermann Levi, to renounce Judaism). He openly advocated in a pamphlet he published anonymously for a form of genocide against Jews.
I have. Have you? Anyway the evil characters in Wagner are all manipulators of others. In this case Klingsor uses Kundry as a tool of sexual corruption. Alberich manipulates his workers in what amounts to slavery. Mime uses the 'strong German hero' in order to exploit him to gain the ring. His 'kindness' is a front for his greed, he intends to dispose of Siegfried. He is deliberately intended to be shrill and whiny. Kundry literally 'goes under' in order to 'redeem' herself. Hunding was of 'mixed parentage', have Nibelung and half 'Germanic'.You've apparently never seen the Opera Parsifal.........
I don't really see the terrible messages in church music. Unless you are referring to the Dies Irae.Such beautiful music ruined by terrible messages contained within. Just like church/religious music.
I thought this thread would be about how big his cock was.
I remember seeing this. I agree. Genius. Jonas Kaufman—what a spectacular voice!The 2013 production of Parsifal done by Francois Girard at the Metropolitan Opera in 2013 was a work of genius.
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No but your mom told me she did.
So are all those whose statues have been defaced by the uber righteous but hypocritical left. There haven't been any protests outside of Bayreuth recently, of which I'm aware. I'm not in favour of cancelling history, or art. The art can be enjoyed on its merits. I just wonder why there is so much selectivity in attack targets from the usual suspects.I'll say this much for him as a human being: he's stone-cold fucking dead.
I thought this thread would be about how big his cock was.
Weird because Valkyries look extremely stilted in concert"How'd it go last night?"
"It was awesome. She was a sex maniac. She rode me like a...like a....freaking--"
"Valkyrie?"
"Yes! Dude! She rode like a frickin' Valkyrie!"
I'll say this much for him as a human being: he's stone-cold fucking dead.