The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

  • -- Nellie Melba 内莉·梅尔巴

歌剧的第一条规则就是人生的第一条规则:一切由你自己搞定。

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If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

如果你把歌剧当作某种总是以某种方式进行的东西来对待,这就是你所得到的。我走近一部歌剧,好像我不知道似的。

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.

我家的每个人都是艺术家。我父母都是画家,我妈妈是歌剧演员。我从未被告知有其他方式来处理生活。