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Quotes by Rudolf Bing

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.
– Rudolf Bing
How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing.
– Rudolf Bing
I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.
– Rudolf Bing
I don't want them to come in with a white tie, and I don't want them to come in a black tie. But I do want them to come in a tie.
– Rudolf Bing
I never for a moment believed they would perform at 10 o'clock in the morning. It's hard enough getting them to perform at 8 at night.
– Rudolf Bing
I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment.
– Rudolf Bing
I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?
– Rudolf Bing
I will not enter into a public feud with Madame Callas, since I am well aware that she has considerably greater competence and experience at that kind of thing than I have.
– Rudolf Bing
If that is not enough, will you please politely indicate that she can go to hell.
– Rudolf Bing
It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am.
– Rudolf Bing
Miss Renata Tebaldi was always sweet and very firm... she had dimples of iron.
– Rudolf Bing
She will sing only if her husband conducts, so I accept the old Viennese saying that if you want the meat, you have to take the bones.
– Rudolf Bing
The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.
– Rudolf Bing
There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.
– Rudolf Bing
They have a disease of the throat.
– Rudolf Bing
We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames.
– Rudolf Bing
We want an ensemble of stars, not comets.
– Rudolf Bing