"A different spirit rules in the theatre since the spirit of Wagner began to rule there: the most difficult is demanded, there is severe blaming, there is rarely praising,--the good, the excellent, is regarded as the rule. Taste is no longer necessary; not even voice. Wagner is only sung with a ruined voice: that has a "dramatic" effect. Even talent is excluded." (The Case of Wagner, p. 40)
"Twist" by Korn could be an example of Wagner's music wrought and engendered in the theatre, given its atonality, and the way Jonathan Davis' growls scat out dramatic syllables in between beats.
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