Posted by LV on July 04, 2002 at 07:17:36:
In Reply to: Re: why play wagner? posted by Frank Rosenau on July 04, 2002 at 01:46:00:
I seem to remember that on the occasion of the first performance of Wagner in Isreal, a bloody fist fight broke out in the audience (and I mean bloody). Half the audience felt is was an insult to play this music in Isreal, the other half as fighting for the art of the music.
LV