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Noël Coward
People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be—that's what's wrong with it!
— Noël Coward, from in his play Design for Living

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  • The line is spoken by Gilda in Act 3, Scene 1 of the play. Coward Plays: 3: Design for Living; Cavalcade; Conversation Piece; Tonight, p. 72. Methuen, 1979. ISBN 0413461009
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