When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
