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I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarde

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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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. – Jean De La Bruyere

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

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

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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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