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Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian. - H

Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian. – H. L. Mencken

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I love Italian opera — its so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and dont care about their immortal souls, and dont worry about the ultimate. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. – Gioacchino Antonio Rossini

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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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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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