Quote by C.L. Gammon

“Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.”

— Henry Louis Mencken

“Opera's not for everyone, especially at these prices.”

— Joseph McElroy

“If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep.”

— Deyth Banger

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino

“I like opera just fine; it’s people I wanted to get away from.” As”

— Anne McCaffrey

“The operas I loved were nineteenth-century novels!”

— John Irving

“In fact, is the idea of a serious comparison of American musicals and opera really so outrageous?”

— Lawrence W. Levine

“I like your opera - I think I will set it to music”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed…

— Luciano Pavarotti

I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I…

— D. H. Lawrence