Here the opera ends, because at this point the maestro died.

Arturo Toscanini · To the audience after conducting the premiere of Puccini's unfinished Turandot (1926)

To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it on again.

Attributed to Arturo Toscanini · On Richard Strauss agreeing to write music for the 1936 Olympics

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