Frank Kulesza <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>What I can't understand is why women do not seem to write operas and what
>their spin would be?

You could try to find out in Ethel Smyth's, Elizabeth Maconchy's or
Peggy Glanville-Hicks's operas, or better, ask Frangiz Ali-Zade, Karolina
Eiriksdottir, Hanna Kulenty, Meredith Monk, Inger Wikstrom or Judith Weir
what they have to tell about theirs:-)

(There must be some more, I'll try to find them in my data.)

Some recordings are quoted on

   http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/discography/discocd.html

Best wishes,

Thanh-Tam Le
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