Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.
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When a dancer exaggerates a little it is vital to return immediately on the right path: style and detail is essential.
Carla FracciPasso dopo passo (autobiography, with Enrico Rotelli), as translated on Gramilano, 22 April 2014, 2013
Verdi is unforgiving. If you use the wrong respirazione for Verdi, then you don't sing Verdi! You sing Verdi either well or bad; to sing Verdi well, it's the respirazione.
Carlo BergonziInterview with Bruce Duffie
On shaping Rome's Santa Cecilia orchestra
You can't just throw spaghetti at the wall, that's not the answer. It's a high refinement, along with theatricality and panache and temperament and colour.
Antonio PappanoInterview with Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack, 4 June 2024
If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
Verdi is not oom-pah-pah!
Riccardo MutiInterview with Aldo Cazzullo, Corriere della Sera, July 2021