Opera Quotes

551 quotes by 411 authors

Soloist are inspiring in Opera and perhaps even in small entreprenurial ventures, but there is no place for them in large corporations. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act… — Joe Lando
Our life is not given to us like an opera libretto, in which all is written down; but it means going, walking, doing, searching, seeing....… — Pope Francis
I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I… — Kevin Kline
Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to… — Sanford Meisner
Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair enough, but it… — Michael Moorcock
My mum's an opera singer: I grew up watching her get swept up in music and transform herself into characters. She taught me that music… — Katie Noonan
The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money. — Rudolf Bing
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story. — Diane Paulus
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites. — Diane Paulus
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. — Don Rickles
I really wanted to be an opera soprano. — Maureen O'Hara
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way… — Aleksa Palladino
Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly… — Peter Mullan
Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute. — Kiri Te Kanawa
I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD. — Gemma Arterton
Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means its going to be harder for… — Josh Duhamel
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning… — Lea Salonga
When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and I have a… — Lucy Lawless
If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera… — Douglas Coupland

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