The voice muscle doesn't last forever. I have a lot of friends who are classical and opera singers. My friend Beverly Sills… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I started a novel in the back of a notebook, and it was great because it looked like I was taking notes.… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I go to the opera. It's mostly my wife that's a bigger fan, I'd say, than I am. I like the big… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I would advise all young musicians to not only experience and play chamber music, but to go to operas, speak to the… — Wu Han Copy Share Image
'Star Wars' is a grand soap opera, and 'Star Trek' is about technology, they tried to explain the reality of it, as… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of… — Maria Jeritza Copy Share Image
There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes… — Rudolf Bing Copy Share Image
I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that… — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Any time I've performed on one of the major stages, whether it be Covent Garden or the Paris Opera or the Bolshoi… — Wendy Whelan Copy Share Image
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein: a Means of expression (Music) has been made the end, while the End… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked… — Michael Mayer Copy Share Image
When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice.… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in… — John Eaton Copy Share Image
Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all… — William Bolcom Copy Share Image
She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I'm such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make… — Charles Nelson Reilly Copy Share Image
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
People's reaction to opera the first time they hear it is extreme...They either love it or they hate it. If they love… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk… — Charles Nelson Reilly Copy Share Image
Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I didn't want to become this stiffened - and that was just a personal choice, at that time. And, the idea was… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a… — Enrico Caruso Copy Share Image
My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
“Jugosloveni veoma vole balet i, još više, ореru. Operski pevači i pevačice uživaju veliki ugled i poštovanje u narodu. Mladi Jugosloveni i… — Dejan Novačić Copy Share Image
The taxpayers cannot be relied upon to support performing arts such as opera. As a taxpayer, I am forced to admit that… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I love the way Monteverdi's opera embodies the triumph of evil love in such a luscious way. The closing love duet is… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
