I always had a feeling, for example, that there should be something from Verdi's "Requiem" in the film. You hear it when… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage, so I'd like to say a few words in Italian:… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his ninetieth… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
If it really was Queen Elizabeth who demanded to see Falstaff in a comedy, then she showed herself a very perceptive critic.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Perhaps dirt is the necessary condition of beauty.... Perhaps hygiene and art can never be bedfellows. No Verdi, after all, without spitting… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Opera once was an important social instrument - especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi, people were listening to opera together and… — Luciano Berio Copy Share Image
I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a… — Benjamin Britten Copy Share Image
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