Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 411 authors

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and… — Junichiro Koizumi
In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion than of a… — Israel Zangwill
OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes. — Ambrose Bierce
It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out? — Gordon Bethune
I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera. — Trevor Nunn
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and… — Bobby McFerrin
There's an opera out on the turnpike, there's a ballet being fought out in the alley. — Bruce Springsteen
We would never get away from it. ... It's bad enough as it is, but with the wireless telephone one could be called up at… — Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the… — Michael A. Walsh
When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is… — John Ruskin
Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one… — Giuseppe Verdi
The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of operas… — Emanuel Lasker
I'm completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said, 'Everybody with a… — Gloria Steinem
You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star. — Neil Young
I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working… — Robert Ashley
Hey yogurt, if you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera? — Stephen Colbert
Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone. — George Bernard Shaw
I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant… — Edward Tufte
I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I havenâ€™t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life… — Maria Callas
My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera. — Stefano Langone

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