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title: "10 Opera singing Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/the-trouble-with-the-opera-is-there-s-always-to-much-singing/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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> [In opera, there is always too much singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/in-opera-there-is-always-too-much-singing/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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> [I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wang-leehom/i-studied-classical-opera-so-i-was-always-singing-in-italian-and/)

[Wang Leehom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wang-leehom/)

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> [Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-bocelli/opera-singing-is-in-every-way-of-inestimable-value-a-real-heritage/)

[Andrea Bocelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-bocelli/)

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> [In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-bocelli/in-preparing-my-thesis-i-have-had-the-pleasure-of-collecting/)

[Andrea Bocelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-bocelli/)

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> [As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zola-jesus/as-a-child-i-was-always-making-sound-it-was-a-compulsion-i-loved-to/)

[Zola Jesus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zola-jesus/)

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> [My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mac-demarco/my-grandma-did-opera-singing-for-the-better-part-of-her-life-she-used/)

[Mac DeMarco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mac-demarco/)

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> [But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/but-in-north-korea-it-s-just-the-opposite-there-s-one-story-it-s/)

[Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/)

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> [I guess I've done a lot of different kinds of performing at various times - opera singing, poetry reading, not least high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-greenwell/i-guess-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-different-kinds-of-performing-at-various/)

[Garth Greenwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-greenwell/)

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> [I told Hugh Hefner, "I have this crazy boyfriend." And Hef was like, "You're not going anywhere with a crazy boyfriend," and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-anderson/i-told-hugh-hefner-i-have-this-crazy-boyfriend-and-hef-was-like-you/)

[Pamela Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-anderson/)

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