Rossini On Wagner Quotes & Sayings

Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour. — Gioachino Rossini

One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time. — Gioachino Rossini

Wagner thought Rossini unserious; Rossini thought Wagner 'lacked sun'. Wagner also became the butt of a phrase Rossini had used down the years to describe musicians about whom he had certain reservations - "He has some beautiful moments but some bad quarters of an hour! — Richard Osborne

Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours. — Gioachino Rossini

Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour. — Gioachino Rossini