On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Shane Mage wrote:
> And, by the way, just what does Andie find "truely [d]readful" in
> that supreme masterpiece Parsifal?
I love Wagner, but Parsifal is pure tedium. It does contain my favorite stage direction of all time: "Eight years later, at the same crossroad..." The subjective experience of time while sitting through Parsifal almost makes you feel that duration in your bones.
Doug