Beautiful Quote by Beverly Sills

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed…

— Luciano Pavarotti

What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate.…

— Ian Mcewan

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's…

— Rufus Wainwright

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

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

— Roger Allam

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

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music…

— William Bolcom

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

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

I'm a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

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