Love Quote by Cab Calloway

...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.

— Mark Twain

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings.

— Anonymous

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

If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is…

— Judith Martin

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Anonymous

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

— William H. Macy

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Robert Burns

Opera is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life.

— Mark Getty

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

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

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino