Rudolf Bing Quotes

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Museums, Modern, Function

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Opera, Making Money, Should

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• 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.

  Rudolf Bing

  Night, Sigh Of Relief, Two

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• We want an ensemble of stars, not comets.

  Rudolf Bing

  Stars, Ensemble, Want

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• 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.

  Rudolf Bing

  Feuds, Kind, Competence

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Sweet, Iron, Missing

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• 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.

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  Tired, Class, Sick

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Years, Opera

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• 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.

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  Morning, Night, Moments

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• Confine your kissing to the irresistible.

  Rudolf Bing

  Kissing, Irresistible

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Artist, Office, Clerks

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Years, Remember, Let Me

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Expression, Vulgarity Is, Way

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

  Rudolf Bing

  Nice, Voice, Singing

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