Wagner After Cosmetic Surgery
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There’s nothing wrong with Wagner opera that
Some major surgery would not improve.
Declamatory singing from the fat
Voiced tenors, fat soprano notes help prove
My point. In fact, the best way forward would
Be chopping of the voices from his plays.
The parts could be performed by brass and wood.
The Heldentenors would come out, each phrase,
As mellow blaze of French horn beauty. High
