I heard Jessye Norman in 1977 singing the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss. Mrs Steve once waited on her table at the Hole In The Wall in Bath in the late 60s. They had trouble finding a chair wide enough for her overly-ample bottom. I have absolutely no time for that ghastly egotistical antisemite Wagner and will not have his music in the house. In fact, I think that his overblown musical style, sadly emulated by so many composers of the late 19th and early 20th century, represented a complete dead end.

Now HiLo old chap, we've reached agreement on several things in recent days, but, honestly, Callas??? I mean, did this disaster of a woman ever sing a single note in tune??