Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 398 authors

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater… — Leslie Easterbrook
I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls. — Sophie Thompson
That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good instrument to keep… — Mordechai Vanunu
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy. — Baz Luhrmann
Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most… — Baz Luhrmann
Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
When you work on a soap opera, that's three years of you working every day. There was no time to do anything other than the… — Nathan Fillion
I tend to sing opera and showtunes in the shower. I don't know why, but when I get in the shower I turn into this… — Ester Dean
New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in the world live… — Kristin Chenoweth
So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment. — Beverly Sills
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in… — Virgil Thomson
When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the staging. — Placido Domingo
I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things. — Tom Wopat
There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going. — Mark Morris
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law… — Seth Godin
What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even… — Itay Talgam
Museums just seem to have this borrowed cachetâ€”if I want to seem cultural, I will design something cultural. I resist the idea that culture is… — Thomas Heatherwick
As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it. — Karen Black
The Opera reminds me of my tax audit. It was in a language I didnâ€™t understand. And it ended in tragedy. — Jeff MacNelly

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