I admire the physical impact of his The Bassarids, an operatic setting of Euripides' The Bacchae, and would travel any reasonable distance to see it staged, but draw little heartsease from the actual music Henze has contrived to advance the marvelous plot. Never was a man more so, quoth the grocer; so that if you are looking for merriment and hearts-ease, come to the Sugar-loaf, I'm your man � Samuel Jackson Pratt, Liberal Opinions; or the History of Benignus , 1777
