I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe. — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“Leaping and looping with his little striped friends, verdi laughed and said "I may be big and very green, but I'm still… — Janell Cannon Copy Share Image
It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his ninetieth… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I always had a feeling, for example, that there should be something from Verdi's "Requiem" in the film. You hear it when… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage, so I'd like to say a few words in Italian:… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Opera once was an important social instrument - especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi, people were listening to opera together and… — Luciano Berio Copy Share Image
Perhaps dirt is the necessary condition of beauty… Perhaps hygiene and art can never be bedfellows. No Verdi, after all, without spitting… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
If it really was Queen Elizabeth who demanded to see Falstaff in a comedy, then she showed herself a very perceptive critic.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a… — Benjamin Britten Copy Share Image
![“I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6e/maurice-sendak-1273_adore_i-had-been-reading-a-fabulous-book-the-m_370441.jpg)
![“I thought that if I were going into old age I would want to do what [Giuseppe] Verdi did, which is to write extraordinary things, and to really find myself.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d43/maurice-sendak-1273_age_i-thought-that-if-i-were-going-into-old_866054.jpg)
![“A whole new world of Italian music was springing up, and [Giuseppe] Verdi was seen as old. Boito got Verdi all excited about the possibility of doing another opera, another kind of opera. In fact, Verdi composed his two best operas, Otello and Falstaff, in his eighties.” quote by Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/290/maurice-sendak-1273_eighty_a-whole-new-world-of-italian-music-was-s_1593395.jpg)
![“Tom [Courtenay] and Albert Finney met Ron Harwood on the dresser, so that's how it started. It's a wonderful documentary. It's called Tosca's Kiss and Mr Hardwood told me about it when I asked him what the genesis was. It was made in 1983 and Verdi, who was rich and successful, toward the end of…” quote by Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d1/dustin-hoffman-4662_decided_tom-courtenay-and-albert-finney-met-ron_1394864.jpg)
![“When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it from top to bottom. By the end of it, I was a completely different person. It was literally a requiem mass for my former self. I was about 12 or 13. The Requiem just…” quote by Rufus Wainwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/beb/rufus-wainwright-2260_aids_when-i-was-young-my-mother-folk-singer-k_1158867.jpg)
