“Firmin, might I remind you that we are the Paris Opera House. Drama is our bread and butter!” — Paisley Swan Stewart Copy Share Image
A great opera house isn't run by a director, but by a great administrator. — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
“Stay away from the underground lake I implore, The Siren will see you are heard of no more.” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house? — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
My father was a welder on the second-highest sail, so the Opera House has a special place in my heart. — Gladys Berejiklian Copy Share Image
I like to spend several months at least in a particular opera house. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
“Music helps to forget This forsaken tomb, That is my abode Cellars down Far below Under the ground, ...” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Rock pools, so-named because they have been hammered out of rocks at the ocean's edge, are one of Sydney's defining characteristics, along… — Raymond Bonner Copy Share Image
At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
“I want a shower the size of the Sydney Opera House, because you know damn well I sing in the shower. And… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting… — Esa-Pekka Salonen 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
I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
The Royal Opera House? I once had the immense privilege of appearing there and was awed by the air of refinement of… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
“There, up in the sky, she noticed for the first time a gigantic mounded cloud, as large and elaborately moulded as a… — Rachel Ingalls Copy Share Image
Museums just seem to have this borrowed cachet—if I want to seem cultural, I will design something cultural. I resist the idea… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
“Do good works or commission an opera house or just take it out and gaze at it longingly when you think of… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Paris on the Nile’ or the ‘finery of Cairo’, Al-Ismailiya – a district to which Ismael gave his name – comprised large,… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Maria managed to avoid Oliver for most of St. Valentine’s Day. It wasn’t difficult-apparently he spent half of it sleeping off his… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we’re on a collision course, and we just don’t know it. Whether it’s by accident or by design, there’s not a… — Eric Roth Copy Share Image
“JULY 20. I've just walked into the opera house. I have no programme. Strange new players are premiering a piece by a… — Erich Hoyt Copy Share Image
“Some centuries ago they had Raphael and Michael Angelo; now we have Mr. Paul Delaroche, and all because we are progressing. You… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“If you are all set for an enjoyable weekend then simply head towards the magnificent Her Majesty’s Theatre! The popular London Westend… — Alina Popescu 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
“A faith-healer may or may not start out with fraud in mind. But to his amazement, his patients actually seem to be… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Monsieur, you must be mad! Box Five can never be had For money, love or the world ...” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
“Sublime wonders lie in store, I am shown a regal residence; a mighty kingdom, an empire with more grandeur than before ...” — E.A. Bucchianeri 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
