Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 410 authors

That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of… — Gunther Schuller
I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me. — Charles Townshend
I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high… — Jo Stafford
Bed is the poor man's opera — Italian Proverb
I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals — Jack Handy
Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you look at your watch and… — David Randolph
Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name for… — Rouben Mamoulian
We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined Actors Equity. — Peter Lisagor
The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead — Jonathan Miller
Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience. — Goeran Gentele
Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending? — Bugs Bunny
Since we're at the Met, we've got some opera that we have to sing. So we're going to do a little hip hop opera. It's… — Jamie Foxx
Rza kinda left us feeling like he wasnt really caring about how we feel as a crew. And that was a big thing back then,… — Raekwon
I think that our lyrics are definitely dark, but I know for a fact that we pull our inspiration from a million different influences. We… — Evanescence
Do I dream again for now I find the Phantom of the opera is there inside my mind. — Nightwish
He's there the Phantom of the opera. Beware the Phantom of the opera. — Nightwish
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between… — Ella Fitzgerald
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, sings. — Ed Gardner
I listened to the opera the other day, and it gave me a surprising insight into the reason why someone would invent a device such… — Cellan Slarcas
I was snubbed yet again at this year's Latin Grammys. I'm seriously going to stop putting out Spanish language pop/opera albums. — Jonah Hill

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410 authors contributed a total of 551 Opera Quotes, led by these top contributors: