Between The Buried And Me - Medicine Wheel

Wagner also made stringent demands on the quality of the acting of the singers, who must deeply understand and feel the role, have impeccable diction and, in addition, great physical strength and endurance because of the volume and complexity of the parties, and also because of the need not to be drowned out by the sound a large orchestra. Artists should not strive to please the public, pay attention to themselves, satisfy their ambition to the detriment of the entire work presented. They must act as a “single organism” with a composer, conductor, director and orchestra, and sacrifice their petty ambitions to a common goal.