Needs Quote by Andrea Bocelli

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.

— Andrea Bocelli

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

— Beverly Sills

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

— Roger Allam

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice…

— Junichiro Koizumi

You don't have to make a grand, exaggerated sound to sing opera.

— Andris Nelsons

My passion for opera-the eternal truth of drama through music-has grown, while my interest in performance has diminished. Which is perhaps as good a…

— Lord Harewood

Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts,…

— Andrea Bocelli

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching…

— John Eaton

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

I felt that I really couldn't be creative with opera. You're supposed to sound this way here. You're supposed to crescendo here. You're supposed…

— Alex Winston

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.

— Tim O'Reilly

The idea is not to have one great singer surrounded by a bunch of nit wits. When the others are good, too, that's when…

— Richard Bonynge