Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 411 authors

Opera once was an important social instrument - especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi, people were listening to opera together and having the same… — Luciano Berio
It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes. — David Hockney
The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign… — H. L. Mencken
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. — Ruben Blades
I want to be known by people who are knowledgeable about opera, who appreciate bel canto singing, people who have more sensitivity. — Alfredo Kraus
But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows. — Placido Domingo
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next,… — Dan Stevens
We all know that men in moderate circumstances can have just as comfortable houses as the richest, just as comfortable clothing, just as good food.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I went out to testify in front of the Ways and Means Committee out in Congress on open free trade to China. Now, this would… — Jesse Ventura
In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the… — Stewart Copeland
I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music. — Benjamin Britten
Bel canto is to opera what pole-vaulting is to ballet. — Ned Rorem
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or… — Giuseppe Verdi
Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochodaâ€™s voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and… — Dennis Lehane
For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something. — Chester Bennington
Opera is like a husband with a foreign title: expensive to support, hard to understand, and therefore a supreme social challenge. — Cleveland Amory
I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the… — Cecilia Bartoli
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk. — Erik Satie
My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera. — Erik Satie
I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those really high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals. — Jack Handey

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