Category Archives: Wagner
The Ghost in the Machine – A Cautionary Tale
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 5th July 2010It all started a couple of years ago on a Saturday afternoon. I turned on the radio to listen to the weekly Metropolitan Opera broadcast, forgetting that Parsifal was scheduled. Being comfortably settled in a stuffed reclining chair, I was too lazy to turn the radio off. Besides, nothing can put you to sleep faster…
› Read the full entry
Anything But Wagner
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 5th October 2009The following was originally published at Grandi-Tenori.com, but it’s no longer available there. I wrote it 5 years ago. NK No great composer induces passion the way Richard Wagner does. Knowledgeable opera goers seem to be divided into warring camps, vigorously campaigning for and against the art of the egomaniac of Bayreuth. In 50 years…
› Read the full entry
Parsifal Redux
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 14th January 2008Some years ago I wrote about my bout with Parsifal. I had become Parsifal positive. I was only exposed once. Most people can listen to Parsifal many times without becoming positive. What bad luck. After years of treatment, I licked it and have been Parsifal negative for more than five years. Obviously, I am not…
› Read the full entry
