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Opera Quotes by Lesley Garrett
- 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…
- 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…
- I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.
- One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk…
- Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
- To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
More Opera Quotes
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- No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives… — Peter Ackroyd
- Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera. — Joan Baez
- I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some… — Bruce Beresford
- The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete. — Andrea Bocelli
- To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion. — Andrea Bocelli
- I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have… — Andrea Bocelli
- I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies. — Andrea Bocelli