Roger Hecht wrote:

>I had the pleasure of playing in the orchestra for this opera, and I
>enjoyed the experience very much.  I also enjoyed it the one time I saw it
>from the audience.  For me this opera works very well on stage.  Indeed, I
>was told that Miller once said the play was better than his opera.

Which would not surprise me.  Did Roger mean that "Miller once said the
opera was better than his play"?

Walter Meyer (who suspects a Freudian slip here!)