Endless Quote by Bruce Beresford

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

— John Eaton

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

Music in general and lately opera in particular fills my soul with hope and inspiration.

— China Forbes

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

People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of…

— Jackie Fuchs

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

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

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

— Robert Wilson

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

— John Philip Sousa

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

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