Quotable quotes:“Opera, again and again, shows us women trying to find their way in a world dominated by men.” — ANTHONY TOMMASINI, from Salzburg, on productions of “L’Incoronazione di Poppea,” “Salome” and “L’Italiana in Algeri”“I came out of the show a proselytizing convert to the music of Linda Catlin Smith.” — SETH COLTER WALLS, from New York, on the Time Spans festival“I think people of my race ought not to be shut out in this way.” — SISSIERETTA JONES, a pioneering black opera singer, who has received a long overdue New York Times obituary courtesy Michael CooperRimsky-Korsakov is nothing less than “the most underrated composer in history.” — RICHARD TARUSKIN, the eminent musicologist, at the Bard Music Festival, quoted by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim in her essay on the festival

Source: New York Times August 17, 2018 19:25 UTC