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In my situation far away from the places of Good Live Opera, we can only listen to the audio or watch the video ... its a poor removed experience to be sure! To date I have a problem to listen to most Opera as music, especially to Stravinsky highly acclaimed ballets, and normally never finish in one listen to sit all the way through, and your proposal makes the most sense to me - that this is not music to be simply listened to but without the stage and the dance or drama one cannot 'get it'.

It may sound stupid but perhaps someone can tell me (in their Opinion) the better ones of Swan Lake DVDs, or Stravinsky Ballet DVDs. For us in the land of No Opera it is still a good watch on a large screen with a reasonable sound system!

It was interesting for me that you mentioned Wagner, as I recently acquired rather by chance a BBC recording of highlights from his Operas. I am also waiting for a clue ... I do not have any whole works of his as it does not fascinate me enough, but simply to listen to highlights and extracts I am ok for now with Wagner. Anyway I am a novice with classical and I do not hope to 'teach' you anything least of all Wagner!  but the one word that comes to my mind when Wagner is summoned is "Whole Rhetoric" (when referred to The Music of Wagner, for me it easy to simply say 'Wagner' as representation).

It is incredible what a legend Wagner becomes! I am told by my German friends that to obtain a ticket to Bayreuth is to wait for years on a waiting list unless you are 'somebody'.

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