ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO : Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour. (Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, 1792-1868)

ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO : How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. (Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, 1792-1868)