Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 410 authors

I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera. — Stephen Hawking
My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study… — Salma Hayek
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time. — David Hockney
People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible. — Katherine Jenkins
I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things. — Katherine Jenkins
I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at… — Katherine Jenkins
I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City… — Anna Kendrick
It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and… — Diane Kruger
Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime. — Shia LaBeouf
I was at La Fenice opera house back in 1991 with friends, and we started talking about a conductor whom none of us liked. Somehow… — Donna Leon
I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth. — Ray Liotta
'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of… — John Lydon
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all… — Yo-Yo Ma
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. — Gustav Mahler
Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. — Marcel Marceau
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. — Neville Marriner
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind… — Steve Martin
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama. — Joyce Maynard
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You… — Ian Mcewan
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. — John Mellencamp

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