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I guess I am running the risk of becoming the Hans Christian Andersen of opera.

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I'm not very sympathetic to the tendency to bring art to the people.

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It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it always looks better five years later.

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The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Amsterdam or listen to a black choir, I hear four-part harmony. Italians could never do that. In Italy, we all have to sing the melody because we cannot harmonise.

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The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed.

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I thought conceptual art was a joke.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Composer

Born: July 7th, 1911

Died: February 1st, 2007

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