Permanent Quote by Bruce Beresford

It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

— Robert Wilson

If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good enough. But with operas, unless the right…

— Jose Carreras

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

— Bruce Beresford

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

— Renee Fleming

My passion for opera-the eternal truth of drama through music-has grown, while my interest in performance has diminished. Which is perhaps as good a…

— Lord Harewood

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

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.

— Carlisle Floyd

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

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'd like to direct more operas.

— Simon Callow

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

— Roger Allam

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

— Harrison Birtwistle