The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
Women in Hollywood are tiny, but women in soap operas are the tiniest people alive! — Julie Bowen 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
We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The operas I listen to aren't in English, and I want to listen to my opera after I'm done with it. I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I was a regular on 'Holby City,' and I did daytime; that's how I started off. Off in Hong Kong doing stuntman… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I… — John McCormack Copy Share Image
Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
I think if you study people in the street today, you do sometimes feel that they have taken their behavior and their… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,'… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked… — Michael Mayer Copy Share Image
“Having renounced his native land, Sanger adopted no other. He roved about from one European capital to another, never settling anywhere for… — Margaret Kennedy 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
Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of operas. I've probably done more different kind of operas than anybody. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so. — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. — John Eaton Copy Share Image
As a young man, I wooed, unsuccessfully, with Puccini. It's important to get your operas right. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I like Strauss's operas because it's all women's voices; I like opera that's hysterical. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I'll write three operas - one for Verdi, one for Puccini, and one for Bellini. — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18. — Lucy Griffiths Copy Share Image
The public wants real horse operas with action, not a lot of laughs. — Robert Fuller Copy Share Image
