From the web sphere comes further expert comment on Dudley Moore's parody of the singer Peter Pears. Had the writer wanted to, he could have commented on how not only the performance, but the music itself is a clever take-off on Benjamin Britten's manner.
This note, by the way, comes from the operatic listserv OPERA-L. Opera fandom, in its erudition, its obsessiveness, and its occasional wackiness, lives here. . . .
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