... almost Madame's own, for she had learned, then, and besides, did not understand the character; her Bruenhilde was herself, trained and assisted into the best canons of interpretation by a loyal Wagnerian. It is a short part, of course, but it showed what she could have done with the rest of it. At thirty-five she could have done the whole Ring; at forty I believe no one could have ... — Margarita's Soul - The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty • Ingraham Lovell
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