I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French. — Wang Leehom Copy Share Image
It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't… — Maria Callas Copy Share Image
All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer. — Kristine Opolais 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
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
I think I will always feel a special relationship with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, because for me it was something very, very… — Catherine Deneuve 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 hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want… — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
During the 1970s and 1980s, the popular television soap opera As The World Turns portrayed sunrise during the opening credits and sunset… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your… — Rufus Wainwright 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
