Denis Fodor:

>But how about allowing Mozart the right to express himself the way he
>chose to express himself-- and not the way Sellars thinks he ought to
>have expressed himself?
>
>Mozart's no cultural midget, after all.

Sellars hasn't changed Mozart at all -- not one note.  He hasn't altered
one word of da Ponte.  What he's done is provide a different *theatrical*
context for note and word which differs from not only the original
production but the very different "normal" performance tradition that
has grown since the original production (which, incidentally, probably
differs from the original run as well).

Steve Schwartz, splitting hares