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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000004.txt from 2003/01

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] [Dblrd-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:34:12 -0500

"Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat
couples rolling their eyes about. That=E2=80=99s not love, it=E2=80=99s jus
t rubbish."

-Peter Shaffer (b. 1926) British playwright, screenwriter
Mozart (Tom Hulce) Amadeus, arguing to Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) that
German opera is better at depicting love than Italian opera (1984)