Challenges Quote by 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

Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

— Robert Lepage

I get people saying, 'Opera is too large a canvas for me. I don't love it. I love movies that feel almost like documentaries,'…

— Jeff Perry

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.

— Sarah Caldwell

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

When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the…

— Placido Domingo

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

— Bruce Beresford

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

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 something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go,…

— David Harewood