French Opera/the Growth of Op%C3%A9ra Comique

Famous quotes containing the words french, opera and/or growth:

    “The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “He rides in the Row at ten o’clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don’t call that leading an idle life, do you?”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)