Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. (Kenneth Clark)

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

Kenneth Clark

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