Did Giuseppe Verdi really say 'I prefer the song of a thrush to the voice of a soprano.'?

Giuseppe Verdi Quote Source & Citation:

I prefer the song of a thrush to the voice of a soprano.

— Giuseppe Verdi Modern · Opera composer

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"I would rather be a farmer than a composer."

"I am not a genius; I am a worker."

"I have always been a man who prefers action to words."

"I am not a learned man; I am a peasant."

"I don't believe in progress; I believe in improvement."

Reported by friends and biographers (common anecdote)

Date: approx. 1870s

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