Mitch Friedfeld wrote:
>The program notes said that Baby Doe was one of the three most significant
>American operas, with Porgy and Bess and I can't remember the third. ...
Barber's *Vanessa* is often ranked near the top, as is Virgil Thomson's
*Three Saints in Four Acts* - but also Cage's *Europera* and Sessions'
*Montezuma* and Glass' *Einstien* on the beach. Adams *Nixon in China*
gets nods from some as well.
Depends on the partisan persuasion of the person tabulating the list,
and which group of people they hang out with.
Stirling Newberry
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