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Originally Posted by Trollheart
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Oh man, I remember having to listen to that for one of my music history courses. Opera sung in German does not appeal to me one bit. Same with opera sung in English. It's so grating on the ears. I have to say that was the longest 70 minutes of my life - certainly one long piece of music Incan do without.
I have a love/hate relationship with Wagner. I like his music but the fact that he was a racist and heralded by Hitler as a national hero and official patriotic music of the Third Reich has always bothered me.