Wagner: an acquired taste

What seemed forbidding is now bewitching; dull and ponderous it sounded, now it appears deliciously lyrical, dramatic and moving. For hours the attention never flags; the attention is rapturously held by the unfolding drama. Yesterday, at the Liceo,  "The Walkyries" cast their spell. The audience held its breath; nothing moved except on stage. At the end a storm of applause as I had never heard in this city.