don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.

If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.

Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.