Advance Quote by Danielle de Niese

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many…

— Carlisle Floyd

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They…

— Robert Wilson

The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five…

— Harrison Birtwistle

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is…

— Renee Fleming

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's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on.

— Christoph Waltz

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

— Roger Allam

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

— Renee Fleming

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it…

— Jeffrey Tate

You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.

— Kristine Opolais

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

— Rudolf Bing