TRP almost Opera

[Peter Petto]

 From the Sunday, January 2, 2000 THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM:

>  "I once wrote to Thomas Pynchon and asked for his permission to write an
>  opera based on Gravity's Rainbow. I didn't really expect an answer from
>  this famously silent man. However, a few weeks later, a letter arrived. He
>  graciously complimented me on my idea and said of course I could do it;
>  his only condition was that the whole opera be scored for solo banjo." -
>  from Laurie Anderson's program notes for Songs and Stories From 'Moby Dick'