Britain Quote by Andrew Lloyd Webber

So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something I've learned…

— Eric Idle

I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started…

— Robert Ashley

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

— Rosamund Pike

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group…

— Nina Arianda

In the early '80s when I came to London, I didn't like opera. I didn't know anything about it.

— Harry Enfield

I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play.

— Vincent Schiavelli

Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

— Robert Lepage

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

— Shane Koyczan

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

— Bernadette Peters

This was a seminal moment in my life - my dad took me to see the original production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at the…

— Michael Ball

There were no TV musicals until we did Bette Midler 'Gypsy,' and the success of that opened the door for us to do the…

— Craig Zadan