They're all so beautiful. Why don't have three heads?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The whole thing is set in a harem, Majesty. In a seraglio.Count Orsini-Rosenberg: You mean in Turkey?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Yes, exactly.Count Orsini-Rosenberg: Then why especially does it have to be in German?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: It doesn't, especially. It could be in Turkish if you really want.
I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.
Sire, only opera can do this. In a play if more than one person speaks at the same time, it's just noise, no one can understand a word. But with opera, with music... with music you can have twenty individuals all talking at the same time, and it's not noise, it's a perfect harmony!