"I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like I am convinced it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers." Benjamin Britten, contribution to "Verdi"A Symposium" (Opera, Feb. 1951) Continue reading Almanac: Benjamin Britten on Verdi at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM on March 10, 2020