Greetings from Schiphol. As I await my flight to China, I thought I would check in. Siegfried is next to me, Tarnhelm in hand. It is unbelievable to me that it took me this long to get into this extraordinary music drama. Discovering it word by word, harmony by harmony.
I am up to now resisting listening to a recording. I found a "classic" live performance from Bayreuth, 1953, led by none other than Clemens Krauss himself. Listened to 10 minutes of it, I find that the Mime doesn't sing one correct pitch, it resembles Sprechstimme. No sense in listening; one might as well learn it the old fashioned way, Langenscheidt in hand.
Going back to work now. I just wanted to remind my friends that, even on vacation, there is work. There is Nothung to forge, and as they say, "Nothung ventured, Nothung gained."
Mark Gibson
I am up to now resisting listening to a recording. I found a "classic" live performance from Bayreuth, 1953, led by none other than Clemens Krauss himself. Listened to 10 minutes of it, I find that the Mime doesn't sing one correct pitch, it resembles Sprechstimme. No sense in listening; one might as well learn it the old fashioned way, Langenscheidt in hand.
Going back to work now. I just wanted to remind my friends that, even on vacation, there is work. There is Nothung to forge, and as they say, "Nothung ventured, Nothung gained."
Mark Gibson
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