I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Shameless self-publicity works, of course: living your life as a soap opera. — Chris Lowe Copy Share Image
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The sympathies of a well-adjusted person can easily be aroused by the plight of strangers. Indeed, the skillful writer of a novel,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s, I took singing lessons with John Hargreaves, a leading singer with English National Opera, when I was home… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Dedication: My thanks to the people who showed me that opera was stranger than I could imagine. I can best repay their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in… — Parker Posey 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 was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
I was keenly aware that I didn't want to draw on too many typically doomed aspects of the fated singer. Whether it's… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
In Europe, I'm recognized on the street sometimes. And that's cool, because I don't have to live there and deal with it… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
If you love music hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist upon your… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed. — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 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
What's all this about yanking poor Magnus and Alec back from their vacation?" Isabelle demanded. "They have opera tickets! — Cassandra Clare 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
I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass.… — Matt Snell Copy Share Image
