A confession from John Grace: the journalist admits that he can’t stay focused while listening to Parsifal, a Wagner opera that lasts a minimum of 5 hours. But what if the soporific effect is part of Wagner’s aesthetic? Aren’t we always looking for distraction? Should we listen to a masterpiece according to the masterpiece itself and open ourselves to other things? Let’s find what the conductor John Eliot Gardiner and the soprano Barbara Hannigan think about it.
Is it taboo to think Wagner’s opera are boring?
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