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Wagner Facts for Beginners (sollte man mit Schulenglisch verstehen können) 1. Wagner's music is more melodic than you think 2. Wagner's best opera: The one you are (re-)discovering now 3. The definitive recording (of one of Wagner's operas) : there is no definitive recording 4. Barenboim's Ring recording and Kleiber Tristan could be a good choice (but see point 3) 5. The Wagner opera to see first : Der fliegende Holländer and/or Rheingold (also good for children) 6. His most difficult operas to listen to if you are beginning: Tristan und Isolde and Parsifal 7. Wagner's most (undeservedly) under-rated opera: Das Rheingold 8. There is no anti-semitism reflected in his operas 9. It is not his fault that Hitler liked his music 10. Professional coughers in historic live recordings can drive you mad ( inspirated by: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2906/facts.html#facts ) |
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