No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera.

作曲家直到写出一部歌剧来才被认为是名副其实。

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If we had every klutz jump into the orchestra pit, or prance on the opera stage, or slop paint with Picasso, we would have some great parties but no art.

如果我们让每一个笨手笨脚的人都跳进乐池，或在歌剧舞台上腾跳，或与毕加索一起泼洒涂料，我们可能会造就一些不错的聚会，但绝不是艺术。

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An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn't speak or sing.

例如，歌剧演唱家在舞台上既不跳舞也不说话；现代戏剧中并没有唱歌或跳舞的角色；在舞剧中，舞者既不说话也不唱歌。

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Until that night, black singers of classical music had almost no chance of performing in major American opera houses and theaters.

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It is a soap opera like no other I can remember in my 30 years (well 29 years to be precise) of reporting on the City.

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The opera world fared no better.

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There will be no increase in state funding for opera, not while there is no increase for hospitals.

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