I Liked The Opera Very Much. Everything

I Liked The Opera Very Much. Everything But The Music.

The Old Idea Of A Composer Suddenly Having A Terrific Idea And Sitting Up All Night To Write It Is Nonsense. Nighttime Is For Sleeping.

I Am An Arrogant And Impatient Listener, But In The Case Of A Few Composers, A Very Few, When I Hear A Work I Do Not Like, I Am Convinced That It Is My Own Fault. Verdi Is One Of Those Composers.

Music Does Not Excite Until It Is Performed.

It Is Cruel, You Know, That Music Should Be So Beautiful.