Jeff Dunn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I was reading an issue of BBC Music Magazine and ran across a report >that certain composers literally cause nausea upon exposure to certain >individuals, and was wondering if any Listers experienced that sensation >in their lives. /lurk off Most art song/opera gives me headaches. I've tried to come to some accommodation with them with no results. I had one of the LA Phil's Tristan evenings with my subscription last year and attended just to see if I could handle it. I couldn't. From the moment the singers began, I wished the whole misbegotten thing were over. I sprang for a ticket to La Fenice in December 2004 to see if a historical venue and the warm squishies of being in Venice would change anything. I left after the first act. /lurk on Ravi Narasimhan Redondo Beach, CA