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which apparently he does in some circles. There is even a website devoted to the links (https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com ) AI has this to say: QUOTE Wagner is widely considered the grandfather of heavy metal, with his 19th-century operatic works laying the foundational building blocks for the genre. Both art forms share massive, theatrical scales, dark mythic storytelling, and a relentless, driving emotional intensity. UNQUOTE Wagner was relentlessly, heterosexually straight, but in his last opera, Parsifal, he gets around to pederasty and its essential role in reviving moribund societies threatened by mixtures of repression and distorted female sexuality. But to an interested heavy metal fan, I wouldn't start with Parsifal. I'd go to the Ride of the Valkyries (beginning of Act 3 of Die Walkure) and Act 2, scene 3 of Die Gotterdammerung when Hagen summons the vassals. Listen on a good system or through good headphones. SR ![]() |