I don't have a rock voice. I have to force it. I am like an opera singer. — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
“Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.” — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
I'd love to do 'Werther.' It's a great opera, and the music's so beautiful. — Stephen Costello Copy Share Image
I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera. — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to New York I try to soak up as much live music as I can, including as many nights… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
A lot of people hated every moment of my 'Ring.' And a lot of people who had never been to an opera… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
People's reactions to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic; they either love it or they hate it. If… — J. F. Lawton Copy Share Image
Theatre is different. We can spend two weeks around a table talking about subtext. In opera, there is a score, and people… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me… — Sam Taylor-Wood Copy Share Image
I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
I used to pride myself on being impervious to the sentimentalities of soap opera, but when that loveliest of actresses, Rachel Gurney,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was… — Warren Littlefield Copy Share Image
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
My problem is, whether it's for emotion or for the talents that a character has to have in a role, I find… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were… — Le1f Copy Share Image
Andrei, did you like the opera?" "Not particularly." "Andrei, do you see what you're missing?" "I don't think I do, Kira. It's… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
I was always far more into anything creative that called for a bit of active participation, like reading aloud in class. Then,… — Morfydd Clark Copy Share Image
Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
The only thing that really inspired me for singing was the movie and musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' I went to see… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
