Sitting through <em>Tristan</em>
German composer Richard Wagner turned the love story of Tristan and Isolde into an epic opera. Epic as in, nearly 5 hours long, with almost no plot. Sometimes even the stars of the show nod off. But Amy O’Leary also talked with one woman who was aroused — all too aroused, right there in Carnegie Hall — by Tristan.
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