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“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.”
Maria Callas quotes (American Soprano. 1923-1977)
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“Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks and disappears.”
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“No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”
W. H. Auden quotes (English born American Poet, Dramatist and Editor who achieved early fame in the 1930s as a hero of the left during the Great Depression. 1907-1973)
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“I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.”
Maria Callas quotes (American Soprano. 1923-1977)
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“There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.”
Rudolf Bing quotes (Austrian Opera Administrator, 1902-1997)
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“I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.”
Maria Callas quotes (American Soprano. 1923-1977)
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“Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam rules.”
Maria Callas quotes (American Soprano. 1923-1977)
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“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.”
Robert Burns quotes (Scottish national Poet of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in the Scottish dialect of English. 1759-1796)
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“Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?”
Monserrat Caballé quotes (Spanish operatic Soprano, b.1933)
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“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.”
Maria Callas quotes (American Soprano. 1923-1977)
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“When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance”
Victor Borge quotes (Danish born American Comedian and Pianist, 1909-2000)
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