“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up, and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.” “Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.” “I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil eithe…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:22PM on July 10, 2011