Quote by Robertson Davies
A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. - Robertson D

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. – Robertson Davies

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There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. – Robertson Davies

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Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life. – Robertson Davies

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The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. On Lohengrin – Mark Twain

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I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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I never was an opera fan — about twenty-five musically supreme masterpieces in this curious medium apart. – Hans Keller

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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. – Hannah More

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