Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 398 authors

Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half-guinea, and deliver myself up to my eyes… — Lord Chesterfield
I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all… — Jean Paul Gaultier
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist… — Andy Grove
In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play. — Jerome Lawrence
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my services. — Franz Liszt
I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house. — Alvar Aalto
All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! — Eva LaRue
For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera. — David Rubenstein
I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music… — David Sanborn
I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm still interested in… — Fred Saberhagen
I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two… — Bryn Terfel
People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants… — Bryn Terfel
For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the… — Christoph Waltz
I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really… — Jack Wagner
You would be amazed at the pompadour that I was rocking in the first job I had on the soap opera called 'Loving,' my first… — Michael Weatherly
I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning. — William Mapother
Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater. — Graeme Murphy
I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it. — Sam Waterston
Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming. — Peter Boyle

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