Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>
> No one does. I was making a desperate effort at a comparison. Oh
> well. We have titling here too, sub- and sur-. But way back when if
> you didn't know the basic libretto outlines, it could be a long day.
> Easter Sunday 1960 I sat through *Parsifal* without knowing squat
> about what was going on. Who was on the cross again?....
>
> k
My error. It was Good Friday 1960. And some of it comes back: an 1883
opera house with no ventilation, it was 80 degrees where I was sitting,
and I had not a clue what the fine points were about (Boy kills
swan....Boy fights of temptress....Boy heals Fisher King...Temptress
croaks....oh well).
ken
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