Father Quote by Andrew Solomon

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

— Robert Lepage

Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of an opera…

— Daniel Handler

I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like the fact…

— Rory Bremner

Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote…

— Stephen Schwartz

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot…

— Bernard Williams

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

— Rufus Wainwright

I love to conduct opera.

— Zubin Mehta

The operas that I do are more in the operetta world, but I've gotten to do them in all of these major opera companies…

— Jason Graae

Opera is really fun.

— Renee Fleming