From: "John Beamish" 

LOL to both.  Quite delightful.  I'm passing both comments along to
Valerie. That loud chuckle you'll be hearing at 7:00pm local time will be
Valerie enjoying your comments.  Thanks!

"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 May 2004 10:57:30 -0400, "John Beamish"
 com> wrote:
>
> >Yes.  It's the spectacle of the performance.
>
> On the other hand, George Bernard Shaw opined that the only way to really
enjoy
> opera, particularly Wagner's, was to sit with your eyes closed and take in
the
> music and singing while ignoring the distraction of the nonsense taking
place on
> stage.
>
> And who was it who said the Wagner's music is really better than it
sounds?  
>

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