The Importance of Operatas in Britain

In Britain we have Gilbert and Sullivan as well, which is a, I don't think it's that big anywhere else, but in Britain it's still a major part of the operetta or opera cannon. And probably the other operatas, I mean, Mary Widow, you could do a small version of it and it would still work. You can't really do a small versions of flying Dutchman or something, because it wouldn't. It's one of those things, I know it when I see it, but, well, we're not going to draw those lines today,. We're just going to enjoy the Mary Widow and appreciate the work that Lehar did to