Opera Quote by Bruce Beresford Download Open image “I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.” — Bruce Beresford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Opera
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I like to spend several months at least in a particular opera house. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the early '80s when I came to London, I didn't like opera. I didn't know anything about it. — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18. — Lucy Griffiths Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea.… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through. — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French. — Wang Leehom Copy Share Image
It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the… — Maria Callas Copy Share Image
All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer. — Kristine Opolais Copy Share Image
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image