"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Culture Break

I couldn't decide between two versions of this, but either way, it's guaranteed to wake you up.


People do strange things with the staging of Wagner -- I'm not sure why. There was the Bayreuth production of the Ring a few years ago in which Das Rheingold took place in front of a hydroelectric dam. This was at the Met, conducted by Pierre Boulez.

This version's rather more contemporary, and somewhat shorter. And a lot more biting in concept:

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