David Stewarts writes:
>There is a Hugh the drover in my local second hand CD shop. Should I get
>it? I have VW's Symphonies save number 8, songs, and a few other bits.
The libretto sucks. The tunes are gorgeous. I love it. Just don't expect
Turandot or Rosenkavalier. It's a "national" opera, in the tradition of
The Bartered Bride and The Devil and Kate (both of which VW knew; he heard
them in Prague on his honeymoon). He wanted to do something similar for
English opera.
Steve Schwartz