Increasingly, I find myself drawn to classic forms - to Euripides, Shakespeare and grand opera. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I have an opera coach who I went to as a teenager, when I was 15 and 16 years old. When I… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
Every time I go to a new place, more likely than not, I end up seeing an opera there. It's ended up… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva. — Josh Groban 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
The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to… — Lincoln Kirstein Copy Share Image
Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I… — Jeremy Bulloch Copy Share Image
I never can hear a crowd of people singing and gesticulating, all together, at an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Gardening boring? Never! It has surprise, tragedy, startling developments… — Paul Fleischman Copy Share Image
“That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing,… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Our life is not given to us like an opera libretto, in which all is written down; but it means going, walking,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I love comedy and drama equally and music too. I just sort of follow my nose to whatever seems really exciting at… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
A review of his work: His music soon spread throughout Europe, and he was invited to America were he performed the Piano… — Ottorino Respighi Copy Share Image
I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because… — Pat Cooper Copy Share Image
I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
I've often said that the only thing I can change with magick is myself. I believe that. Whatever changes I wish to… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
“... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
I look for stories that tell transformative, emotional journeys, have big emotional worlds, feel very relevant and true to the times we're… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was drown something enormous, like a Star Trek or Star Wars kind of space opera-type thing, but… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
'Amores Perros' is rock, '21 Grams' is jazz, 'Babel' is an opera, and 'Biutiful' is a requiem. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things in opera is for people to suspend disbelief. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Wednesday a junior came to me, and told me I was to be hazed as I left the Opera House Friday night. — Richard H. Davis Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those really high notes, I bet you can really see it… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half-guinea, and deliver myself up… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera. — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in… — Catherine Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
I think 'Empire' is entertaining. It's a soap opera. Does it touch on stereotypes? Sure, it does... I don't know if that's… — Regina King Copy Share Image
To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Hey you! I told you to slow that nag down! Because of you, I almost heard the opera! — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance. — Placido Domingo Copy Share Image
