The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins. (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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