Blame Quote by Cab Calloway

I had been warned by other directors that opera is hell. The singers don't want to do what you want.

— Robert Lepage

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear…

— John Eaton

One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion…

— Joyce DiDonato

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was…

— Lesley Garrett

I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.

— James Gray

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

But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.

— Jon Lovitz

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

— Carlisle Floyd

Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name…

— Rouben Mamoulian

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

Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years…

— Philip Johnson

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

— Zola Jesus