As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,' 'Aida, Norma,'… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
In my opinion, the battles over birth control and Planned Parenthood are primarily neither political nor religious. This is an issue of equality for… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring pregnancy to term, and the biological father does not, and cannot, share in this decision,… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets.… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution. — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
Is it a recent occurrence that women have tried to control when and if they reproduced? Absolutely not. By 2000 B.C., there was worldwide… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share
