A friend of mine asked at the weekend whether I know of 'operas based on
Pandora's box'.  Dismissing my suggestion of _Lulu_, he explained further
that he was trying to identify a French 18th-century opera based on the
Pandora myth; this opera is referred to by a Russian writer and its
composer's name in Russian transliteration comes out as 'Ronye' or 'Ranye'.
I wondered if this was a garbled form of 'Rameau', but none of his operas
look like plausible candidates.  Any suggestions?

Virginia Knight, Institute for Learning and Research Technology
[log in to unmask]
http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/~ggvhk/virginia.html