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don’t quote me …
“[Opera] does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.” —George Marek
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“Opera composers have never been afraid of ghosts . . . opera has unabashedly embraced supernatural beings, ghosts or otherwise.” —K.E. Watt
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Let us have fantasy, boldness, unexpectedness, enchantment—above all, tenderness, morbidezza (softness)! —Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
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don’t quote me
All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work. —Colin R. Davis
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opera quote (and bipolarity) day
I’m finding people either really get opera and love it or don’t get it at all and think they hate it. Sometimes they hate it without having much exposure to it whatsoever. So Wednesdays’ quotes will be devoted to both opera lovers … Continue reading
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