Bob Draper writes: >My aim has not been to upset any Mozart fans. Rather to show that other >views exist, in spite of the fact that expressing them is viewed by some >as sacrilege. Trouble is, Bob, it does have precisely this negative effect - a bit like telling somebody you think their child is ugly. The fact that it is only the assertion of your opinion doesn't make it any less hurtful or destructive - perhaps the reverse, here, as you claim a kind of naive innocence in justification of your right to come out with it. By the way, I'm glad you like "Oberon", but sorry you take the penny-in-the-slot liner-note posture and fail to give credit to Planche's perfectly good libretto in the English semi-opera tradition, one which focussed Weber's mind sufficiently to enable him to write some fantastically memorable music. Christopher Webber, Blackheath, London, UK. http://www.nashwan.demon.co.uk/zarzuela.htm "ZARZUELA!"