Any German-speaking tenors out there?
Anybody up for a five-hour Wagnerian marathon?
Poor Ian Storey seems to have run out of steam after two performances -- last night @ la Scala, after the first act the former rugby player was heavily tackled by Wagner's notes, and finished the night -- the three hours of music left -- in very underwhelming shape.
He has no understudy ready to take over the role.
There are five more performances of Tristan Und Isolde, 25 more hours on stage.