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Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening . . . And now along comes someone with a one- or two-act opera without all that pompous nonsense . . . that was a happy reform.
Source: Referring to Mascagni.
-- Giuseppe Verdi, (Oct 10 1813-1901), Italian composer; He was the leading opera composer in the 19th c.; his works include Rigoletto, 1851; Il trovatore, 1853; La traviata, 1853.