In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, I love the quiet absorption of being in a darkened theater and the vicarious release of watching a movie or a play. I know I am not the only one.
In the 16th century Nuremberg was one center of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. Wagner's opera is about the real-life guild of Master Singers, i.e. a gathering of middle class poets and musicians who plied their art like craftsmen.
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