"When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance."
By Victor Borge, Danish comedian
"How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers."
By Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
"I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand."
By Sir Edward Appleton, English physicist
"No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me."
By Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor
"In opera, there is always too much singing."
By Claude Debussy, French composer
"No opera plot can be sensible, for in sensible situations people do not sing."
By W.H. Auden, American poet
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