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36 Years Ago, Vienna 1971—A Student Journal

Day 245: A ginormous opera

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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing & friends.



Day 245 — A ginormous opera
03-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)


TRANSCRIPT

A holiday. So most stores are closed. Couldn’t work on electronic music, so practiced instead. Not a bad session. At night, or rather in the afternoon, went to see
Parsifal by Wagner. I am not sure whether it is more proper to call it an opera or an endurance test. But the singing was extremely good. It was very enjoyable. Still, the 4-1/2 to 5 hours made me tired.


REFLECTIONS

Holiday. It is some type of national holiday in Austria. The stores and school are closed. I take in Wagner’s Parsifal. An early performance, since it’s almost 5 hours long. Enjoyable but long. Very long. Ginormous in 2009 lingo.

The word
ginormous didn’t exist in 1972. It probably doesn’t exist in 2009 either.

Links:

Wagner’s Parsifal
Here’s an excerpt from Parsifal: Act III, with English subtitles—it’s a film.

John

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