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I knew the French were not ashamed of Carmen and she was a whore. I knew the Italians were not ashamed of Tosca and she was a high-class one. The Wagnerian operas had incest. So there was nothing in Porgy and Bess to be ashamed of. The thing to do was to bring out all the integrity, all the dignity.

Todd Duncan
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With most operas, some lead roles are very strenuous to undertake, they're hard to do three days in a row.

Christine Seitz
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We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.

Charlotte Rae
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It's one of the great things about Puccini [operas] — the wonderful characterization.

Walter Wells
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People talk about this and say it's one of the best operas.

Lyle Nordstrom
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Back in Mozart's time it was very common to perform operas in all sorts of languages. His native tongue was German. The most common language to see opera in was Italian.

Eric Smithey
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