David Stewarts writes:

>There is a Hugh the drover in my local second hand CD shop. Should I get
>it?  I have VW's Symphonies save number 8, songs, and a few other bits.

The libretto sucks.  The tunes are gorgeous.  I love it.  Just don't expect
Turandot or Rosenkavalier.  It's a "national" opera, in the tradition of
The Bartered Bride and The Devil and Kate (both of which VW knew; he heard
them in Prague on his honeymoon).  He wanted to do something similar for
English opera.

Steve Schwartz