Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 410 authors

Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, â€œDaddy, look â€” one of the gnomes actually bit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If I were an opera singer, I"d have sung you an aria. If I were an artist, I would have painted your portrait. But cooking… — Lisa Kleypas
Soap operas got nothing on my family history. — Kiersten White
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that the baker performs… — Bertrand Russell
Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to poetry, color to… — Lincoln Kirstein
Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully.… — Rufus Wainwright
To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight. — Danielle de Niese
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis… — Marcus du Sautoy
Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to… — Dylan Bruce
My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to sing. — Tika Sumpter
Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do. — Anna Netrebko
I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love… — Anna Netrebko
Lots of opera singers are just boring. — Anna Netrebko
The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real! — Anna Netrebko
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British… — Andrea Bocelli
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit… — Andrea Bocelli
My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire… — Andrea Bocelli
I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the… — David Wenham
Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap… — Isabel Allende

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