Difficult Quote by Christoph Waltz

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

— Rudolf Bing

The more opera is dead, the more it flourishes.

— Slavoj Žižek

There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.

— Jake Heggie

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

— Terry Pratchett

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more…

— Andrea Bocelli

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

— Alexander McCall Smith

People's reaction to opera the first time they hear it is extreme...They either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they…

— Richard Gere

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music…

— William Bolcom

It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much…

— Gian Carlo Menotti

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

— Lesley Garrett

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…

— Baz Luhrmann