I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are… — Susanna Phillips 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
I'm completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said,… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was going to go into musical theater necessarily. It was never planned. I just kind of fell into… — Carmen Cusack Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I'm not sure any narrative model has been more important for me than Benjamin Britten's chamber operas. — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
My mother was into opera and my father was into jazz, so there was a lot of jazz in the house where… — Chaka Khan Copy Share Image
I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. — Bobby Short Copy Share Image
My first time on camera was 'One Life to Live.' I mourn for actors coming up that the daytime soap opera is… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or… — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
I can't sing a lick but that's nobody's business. God listens when I sing to Him and He thinks I am an… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old. — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
I like to spend several months at least in a particular opera house. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
When I was very young I wanted to be an opera singer, a ballet dancer... The people I loved were a little… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
