Tristan the Hero, wounded by Traitor Melot's sword thrust, was dying one night last week on the stage of the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth, Germany. As Kurvenal, his faithful manservant, stood by him, Tristan sang feverishly, sometimes shouting, sometimes sinking into exhausted murmurs. Patiently the audience attended his efforts. But a larger audience, more excited, spread all over the world, listened to Tristan und Isolde through loudspeakers. It was a tradition-breaking radio broadcast: first one to come from Bayreuth. To insure its excellence, all other broadcasting in Germany had been hushed. The Reichs Rundfunk...
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