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Ed Gardner
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
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Ed Gardner
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.
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Hannah More
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
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Lotte Lehmann
But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.
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Maria Callas
An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.
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Sarah Caldwell
If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.
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Virgil Thomson
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.
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Virgil Thomson
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.
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