Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 410 authors

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera. — Sarah Caldwell
I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings. — Kate O'Brien
I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to… — John Eaton
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. — John Eaton
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company. — John Lone
The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as… — John M. Ford
Wednesday a junior came to me, and told me I was to be hazed as I left the Opera House Friday night. — Richard H. Davis
Opera is given so little attention in the national press. — Carlisle Floyd
I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man. — Elisabeth Rohm
The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever. — Bruce Beresford
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. — Bruce Beresford
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. — Bruce Beresford
Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera. — Chris Lowe
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. — Robert Benchley
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. — Kenneth Clarke
Opera is really fun. — Renee Fleming
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming
I want to get out of the major opera houses. — Renee Fleming
The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music. — Alexander McCall Smith
People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from… — Giancarlo Esposito

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