“My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made her give up the theatre, to my eternal cost. She was to go on acting for myself alone. A performance at his own expense, lasting for more than twenty years, tends to wear out your spectator.” KnowsWayGivingYearsMadeActingWifeGoes OnCostGiving UpEternalMarriedPerformancesTwentiesMy WifeTheatreSingersLastingExpensesOperaSpectatorsWagnerOpera Singers Book:The Waltz of the Toreadors Source: The Waltz of the Toreadors
“The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein: a Means of expression (Music) has been made the end, while the End of expression (the Drama) has been made a means.” MeanHas BeensArtMadeEndsExpressionDramaErrorsGenreOpera Book:Prose works Source: Prose works