After seeing Walküre, I spoke with Andy, one of my favorite Opera companions. He and I were discussing why directors do such dramatic things to productions of Wagner. He said that this is done because they don’t want people to be sucked into the Wagnerian ideology: his lies about heroism and redemption.
We both agreed that anything that distracts or detracts from the drama should be excluded. However, do not see the harm in his romanticized vision of heroics. Yes, they have little to no place in reality, but for me deception and escapism is very different.
I wish I had saved the conversation however, because I see now that attempting to reproduce it from memory does it no justice.
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