“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
“My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances; weve become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.” PeopleWorldGivingHas BeensPlayWifeTerribleMusicianPerformancesMy WifeHopelessOrchestraGreat Success Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“Before he died, Harry said that his wife knew everything about every trick that he did, and that she knew how they all worked. It was interesting to play with that idea, and to find the places where she really was afraid for his safety and where she was playing along. I had to find that line between what's a performance and what's real, and that's so much of what magic is, as well. It was really, really fun. They were really partners, in every sense of the word.” WellsSaidIdeasRealPlayFunLinesInterestingWifeMagicPerformancesDiedSafetyPartnersTricks Author:Kristen Connolly
“Diamanda Galás, the avant-weird performance artist... 'The devil's wife,' someone calls her. Faith No More loves Diamanda Galás.” ArtistWifeDevilPerformancesGals Author:Mike Patton