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Opera Quotes by Rufus Wainwright
- I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need…
- I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.
- Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty…
- Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was…
- For better or worse, I've always been curious musically. Whether it's opera or Judy Garland or pop, I've deliberately sought those things out. I've never…
- I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me.…
- When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even…
- Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully.…
More Opera Quotes
- Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli
- I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him… — Janis Joplin
- Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera -… — Margaret Atwood
- No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not… — Robert Anton Wilson
- If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true… — Zola Jesus
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden