Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 411 authors

I can't sing a lick but that's nobody's business. God listens when I sing to Him and He thinks I am an opera star. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I hate the opera. I think I must have a tin ear. No matter how hard I concentrate it still sounds like a bunch of… — Aristotle Onassis
The earth was once molten rock and now sings operas. — Brian Swimme
Four billion years ago the planet Earth was molten rock; now it sings opera! — Brian Swimme
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. — John Philip Sousa
Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that. — Method Man
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words.… — James Fenton
I've often said that the only thing I can change with magick is myÂself. I believe that. Whatever changes I wish to effect with magick,… — Lon Milo DuQuette
Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you… — Heather O'Neill
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself — Nellie Melba
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. — Bobby Short
I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my… — Julie Taymor
The opera isn't over until the fat lady sings. — Dick Motta
Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. — Gian Carlo Menotti
The opera ghost really existed — Gaston Leroux
What's difficult to understand about German opera? It's always the same. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl gets devoured by horrible winged creature… — Susan Wiggs
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for… — Maria Jeritza
As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always… — Lesley Garrett
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera… — Lesley Garrett
I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses. — Lesley Garrett

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