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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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I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts. – Franco Zeffirelli

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

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A supreme social challenge. – Cleveland Amory

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If I werent reasonably placid, I dont think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, youve got to be absolutely like a horse. – Joan Sutherland

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