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Showing posts with label opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opera. Show all posts
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Funny quotes about Opera(2)
"In opera, there is always too much singing."
By Claude Debussy, French composer
"One can't judge Wagner's opera 'Lohengrin' after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second time."
By Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
By Claude Debussy, French composer
"One can't judge Wagner's opera 'Lohengrin' after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second time."
By Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
"I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy."
By Bernard Haitink , Dutch conductor
"Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic."
By Bobby Short , American Cabaret singer and pianist
"A great opera house isn't run by a director, but by great administrator"
By Steven Berkoff, English actor
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Funny quotes about Wagner
“For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.”
By Robert Schumann, German composer
“Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.”
By Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
"One can't judge Wagner's opera 'Lohengrin' after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second time."
By Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
"I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."
By Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet
"I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."
By Woody Allen, American comedian
“I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds.”
By Mark Twain, American author
“Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.”
By Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
"Wagner, thank the fates, is no hypocrite. He says out what he means, and he usually means something nasty."
By James Huneker, American music writer and critic
By Robert Schumann, German composer
“Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.”
By Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
"One can't judge Wagner's opera 'Lohengrin' after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend hearing it a second time."
By Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
"I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."
By Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet
"I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."
By Woody Allen, American comedian
“I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds.”
By Mark Twain, American author
“Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.”
By Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
"Wagner, thank the fates, is no hypocrite. He says out what he means, and he usually means something nasty."
By James Huneker, American music writer and critic
Monday, May 9, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Funny quotes about Opera
"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
Monday, April 11, 2011
Funny VDO : Sissel Kyrkjebo
Sissel Kyrkjebo O Sole Mio with funny violinist Kalle Moraeus in concert.
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