I will not enter into a public feud with Madame Callas, since I am well aware that she has considerably greater competence and experience at that kind of thing than I have.

I will not enter into a public feud with Madame Callas, since I am well aware that she has considerably greater competence and experience at that kind of thing than I have.

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.

Miss Renata Tebaldi was always sweet and very firm... she had dimples of iron.

How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing.

Confine your kissing to the irresistible.

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.