Someday I will bore you with my favorite Marx Brother's movie which, as you probably guessed, is "A Night at the Opera" but for now, I'll tell (as promised) the second part of the opera story.
While seeing Wagner's opera, Parsifal you were particularly active during one scene which as NOT the scene with the flower maidens but rather during a scene in the ACT before when a ritual communion is being held with the Holy Grail: You can hear the song of the deep male voices immediately after the soft voices of prayer of the youth:
Nehmet vom Brot
wandelt es kühn
in Leibes Kraft and Stärke;
treu bis zum Tod;
fest jedem Kühn,
zu wirken des Heilands Werke!
Take of the break,
turn it confidently
into bodily strength and power;
true until death,
steadfast in effort,
to work the Saviour's will!
This prayer comes in at about 06:34 in this clip:
In the end, there is a magnificent (albeit longish) closing scene with a dove descending and the new King, Parisfal, who has remained true standing in the center of a giant golden hand.
At which point, after so much earnest, holy music and solemn ceremony, I expect Groucho Marx to jump up and say: Boogie, Boogie, Boogie!
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