Richard Todd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Roy Ellefsen wrote:
>
>>Few operas exist which, if stripped of their music, are worth watching
>>or reading for their literary or moral insights.
>
>Jenufa, Katya Kabanova, Cunning Little Vixen, House of the Dead, Pelleas
>et Melisande, Wozzeck, Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, Midsummer Marriage,
>Bluebeard's Castle, Marriage of Figaro, . . .

By all means don't forget "Aniara" with libretto by (BTW nobel-prize
winner) Harry Martinsson.

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>