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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

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…

— Baz Luhrmann

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than…

— Bruce Beresford

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is…

— Renee Fleming

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 on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas made in…

— Robert Ashley

I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good voices, excellent…

— Michael Portillo

There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.

— Jake Heggie

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

— Anna Netrebko

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They…

— Robert Wilson

Musical theater tends to be word-driven, whereas opera gives you so much more scope for driving the story with the music.

— Stephen Schwartz

Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious…

— Jose Carreras