Ralph Vaughan Williams Quote

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.


Note in the score to The Poisoned Kiss (1936).


The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.