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I have always loved Wagnerian looks. The shield, the helmet, the capes. Fell madly for them when young, but Rysanek at the Met as Elizabeth in Tannhauser did me in. The grandezza, the bigness of thought and character, the sense of something mythical being displayed and played out in all it’s glory. The Pilgrims Chorus at the end had me almost levitating out of the box……

~ by aprilemillo on November 30, 2010.

 
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