Virginia Knight wrote: >The Oxford University Opera Club staged Fierrebras in the Oxford >Playhouse in about 1985. Several friends of mine were involved so >I went. It was definitely low-budget (I recall spinning-wheels made >from upended bicycles with all except the front wheel covered in a sheet) >and in English translation. I was told that this translation had been >rewritten to make it less hammy, but even so it was unintentionally >hilarious and probably nothing could have been done to redeem it. ... Sounds bit like an Ed Wood movie made into an opera! Karl