I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'm just a normal person. It's not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things.… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly… — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap… — Paul Wesley Copy Share Image
I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
Growing up as a classical musician, you're taught a lot about outreach and about how people aren't being taught music in school.… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means its going to… — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
My message is to forget about dichotomies. The 'Brain Opera' is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got… — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image