People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!


Design for Living, Act 3, Scene I (1933).


People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!

People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!

People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!

People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!