Pablo wrote: >Interesting question. "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Billy Budd"?. Love has >obviously much to do at Orpheus myth, but there's no love scene (properly >speaking) at Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" and, if I don't remember bad, at >Gluck's "Orfeo et Euridice". There must be more examples. Next point: >a discussion on what a love scene is "properly speaking":-) According the musicologist Tarushkin Mussorgsky was gay. And Dave I'll admirer the way you keep the list going. It must be an enormous job. Con gratulations! Best wishes, Henny