So classical music is boring, is it? You obviously haven't been to Bayreuth to marvel at the annual celebration of the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner.
Every year, between July 25 and August 28, thousands of Wagner fans from around the world descend on the little Bavarian town and wallow in some of the most spell-binding opera ever performed - from the Ring Cycle to the Parsifal. The world's largest Wagner Festival has been sold out since 1876, so get your bookings in by the previous October at the latest and cross your fingers.
You and your friends will be in for a treat. Classy, dramatic, spine-tingling - Wagner will be music to your ears.