It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am..

Confine your kissing to the irresistible..

We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames..

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

I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment..

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

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 w….

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 kin….

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

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause..

I never for a moment believed they would perform at 10 o'clock in the morning. It's hard enough getting them to perform at 8 at night..

It is so much worse to be a mediocre artist than to be a mediocre post-office clerk..

I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?.

We want an ensemble of stars, not comets..