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I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.

Bernard Williams

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Als ich 15 oder 16 war, fühlte ich mich zur Oper hingezogen. Ein sehr reicher Mann in England hatte sich während des Krieges bankrott gemacht, um eine Menge Oper aufzuführen, aber er bekehrte viele Leute, darunter auch mich.

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