Wear what you want to The Marriage of Figaro | Brief letters
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Elitism and opera | Neutron stars | Greek theatre acoustics | Jeremiah and the King James Bible | Three-legged stoolsHoward Jacobson (There is no excuse for a man not to wear a suit...´, Weekend, 14 October) reinforces the view that opera is elitist and unapproachable. Nothing could be further from the truth. If the music moves you it doesn´t matter what you wear. And if Mr Jacobson knew his Marriage of Figaro from his Don Giovanni, he would know that Mozart was one of the most anti-establishment of composers, and wouldn´t have cared what anyone wore.Sao Bui-VanLondono When two neutron stars collide, Prof Andreas Freise expects them to immediately collapse into a black hole `leaving behind a bit of dust and stuff` (Report, 17 October). At last a scientist who speaks my kind of language.Alan WoodleyNorthampton Continue reading...