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From:  "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
"Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
Date:  Mon Oct 2, 2000  10:11 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] RE: 'opera singer' was junior, church- my rant


>From: stjames@l...
>From: stjames@l...
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:26:16 -0600
>
>At 09:09 AM 9/30/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Elizabeth wrote:
> >
> > > Me, I can sit through Verdi. Four hours of Wagner, that's a
> > > different story.
> > >
> > > Elizabeth "*%$# Nazi music!" Finkler
> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
> > > mightymezzo@h...
>
>
>James here.....
>
>This comment concerns me. I would hope classical musicians paid more
>attention to music history !
>Hitler is reported to have liked Wagner. This is where the assoc. of Hitler
>and Wagner started. So if Hitler liked dogs should we all hate dogs ? Not
>very logical. Someone also pointed out that Wagner was 19 th century and
>Hitler was 20 th century, these two men did not know each other.
>
>James
>

True. That might explain 1) my fear of dogs as a child and 2) my dislike
for evangelical vegetarians.

BTW, my faithful Indian companion refers to his own race as "Aryan." Maybe
the true spirit of Aryanism is represented in that OTHER famous vegetarian,
Mahatma Gandhi.

I have a very strong preference for Verdi over Wagner, because most of
Verdi's arias work beautifully as *drama*, not just music. Perhaps if I
could see a Wagner opera with a bit of action and singers who can *act*, I'd
change my mind.

Elizabeth Finkler
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
mightymezzo@h...

"Virtue is triumphant only in theatrical productions." --The Mikado

"Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never
quit are just plain stupid." --anonymousse

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