Baroque Quote by Cecilia Bartoli

My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for…

— Rufus Wainwright

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

— Cecilia Bartoli

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

— Benjamin Britten

For years, my favorite composers had been Monteverdi and Bach. Then I began to rediscover the 19th century, see it from another perspective.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I loved a lot of the romantic composers.

— Alice Merton

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot…

— Bernard Williams

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt…

— Fanny Burney

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the…

— Dave Brubeck

I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music.

— Yngwie Malmsteen

My mom was an opera singer. She did all the classical music, and I heard it. I know every opera. I know every classical…

— Bakermat

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter…

— Michael Mayer