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If Music In General Is An Imitation Of History, Opera In Particular Is An Imitation Of Human Willfulness; It Is Rooted In The Fact That We Not Only Have Feelings But Insist Upon Having Them At Whatever Cost To Ourselves. The Quality Common To All The Great Operatic Roles, E.g., Don Giovanni, Norma, Lucia, Tristan, Isolde, Br?nnhilde, Is That Each Of Them Is A Passionate And Willful State Of Being. In Real Life They Would All Be Bores, Even Don Giovanni.

I Smell Blood And An Era Of Prominent Madmen.

Few People Take An Interest In Iceland, But In Those Few The Interest Is Passionate.

The Eye Likes Novelty, But The Ear Craves Familiarity.

A Real Book Is Not One That We Read, But One That Reads Us.