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Opera Quotes by Mark Twain
- ...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.
- I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the…
- I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that…
- I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but will…
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- The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true… — Zola Jesus
- No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
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