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Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914

was an US author and satirist

Opera, n. A play representing life in another world whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures, and no postures but attitudes.

( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )

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(Sir) Noël (Peirce) Coward, 1899-1973

was an English actor, dramatist, and songwriter

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.

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