Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 410 authors

My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang. — Blythe Danner
When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera. — Kathleen Battle
Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could… — Jeffrey Tate
My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance. — Corbin Bernsen
The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera. — John Marshall
I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French. — Wang Leehom
Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious opera… — Jose Carreras
One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with… — Karen DeCrow
Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But… — Karen DeCrow
It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much wider… — Gian Carlo Menotti
Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group. — Gian Carlo Menotti
I guess I am running the risk of becoming the Hans Christian Andersen of opera. — Gian Carlo Menotti
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera. — Maria Karnilova
The opera in Los Angeles is excellent. — James Gray
I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a conscientious singer is… — Enrico Caruso
The fact that I could secure an opera engagement made me realize I had within me the making of an artist, if I would really… — Enrico Caruso
I was on a Swedish soap opera when I was 10. — Joel Kinnaman
When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera. — Kevin Spacey
The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge. — Cleveland Amory
Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera. — James Stephens

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