Drama Quote by Bruce Beresford

I had been warned by other directors that opera is hell. The singers don't want to do what you want.

— Robert Lepage

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

— Andris Nelsons

The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an…

— Zola Jesus

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly…

— Simon McBurney

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

— Beverly Sills

In opera, there is always too much singing.

— Claude Debussy

In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have…

— Phyllida Lloyd

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

— W. H. Auden

Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone…

— Beverly Sills

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

— Stephen Schwartz

But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.

— Placido Domingo

The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.

— Claude Debussy