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Has It Always Been Thus?
After hearing the rousing audience reception of Die Walküre tonight, we're forced to the sad conclusion that the Met's audience has got to be among the most undiscerning opera audiences in the world.
Has it always been thus?
Our memory is not what it used to be, but we don't think so.
Posted by A.C. Douglas on 06 April 2009 | Permalink