Horace Greeley wrote: > --snip -- > > Do you remember the opera? (Do you remember Albrecht?) > The dwarf Albrecht carries forth in "Reingold" and ultimately in "Gotterdamerung" -- He probably spends most of his time in some Beyreuth bierstube as the intermediate installments of the ring drone on -- for days on end -- whence the question "Do you remember Albrecht?" when he finally reappears with the Reingold. The question was asked by that great lady, songstess and story teller -- Anna Russell-- during her heroic and public attempts to make some semblance of sense of Wagner's Ring cycle. (Her wonderful recounting of the ring is available on CD.) -- > Yep. You got it. Before any of the horrified onlookers, yours truly > included, could utter a sound, the toe end on the piano went over the lip > of the pit; and the piano fell, lid down, onto the lowered section of the > stage, 30 feet below. The sound was - - words fail - - amazing. > > Fortunately, there was another piano, and a forgiving artist. > > I laughed for weeks. > > The piano, by the bye, was locally rebuilt and is still the house piano of > a well known Steinway artist. > > (A virtual chocolate chip cookie for the person correctly identifying > Albrecht. A virtual chocolate chip cookie, AND an RC Cola for the person > correctly identifying who made that question famous.) Do I claim the prize? or did I loose points for "dissing" Wagner? Jim McCormac Associate PTG USC '68 (Sorry the alma mater treated you badly)
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