Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 411 authors

A review of his work: His music soon spread throughout Europe, and he was invited to America were he performed the Piano Concerto. He would… — Ottorino Respighi
My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas… — Henry David Thoreau
I worry that our lives are like soap operas. We can go for months and not tune in to them, then six months later we… — Jane Wagner
I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like… — D. H. Lawrence
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip,… — Erica Jong
A reader who quarrels with postulates, who dislikes Hamlet because he does not believe that there are ghosts or that people speak in pentameters, clearly… — Northrop Frye
Apropos, is not the Scotch phrase 'Auld Lang Syne' exceedingly expressive? I shall give you the verses on the other sheet. The words of 'Auld… — Robert Burns
If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. — Robert Burns
He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least… — Oscar Wilde
Be careful how you choose your enemy, for you will come to resemble him. The moment you adapt your enemy's methods your enemy has won.… — Michael Ventura
It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. — Mariah Carey
If you think that there are actually covers that we haven't done on 'Glee' that I could then put on an album... We've done everything!… — Lea Michele
People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to… — Omar Epps
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over… — Ella Fitzgerald
It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking… — Cab Calloway
I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was… — Cab Calloway
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't — Cab Calloway
I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but… — Rick Moranis
But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good. — Jon Lovitz

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