If you go to www.csoresound.org and search a bit you will find an excellent free video about the Miraculous Mandarin which places this ballet in its historical context. I enjoyed it greatly and would have rated it with 5 stars had I had the opportunity. Boulez leads the CSO while two narrators give the plot and quote historically contemporary sources. Art of the period is shown also. John J Kregarman [This address should work: http://beyondthescore.org/main.taf?p=0,7 -Dave] *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html