Accounts Quote by Dave Barry

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

— Rudolf Bing

The thing about New York stories that many storytellers often forget is that they can take place anywhere in the world. That's because for…

— Cord Jefferson

Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of…

— John Lahr

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

— Christoph Waltz

For some reason I've always had an irrational love for New York. There's no reason that you would necessarily like it on paper. It's…

— Woody Allen

Every time I go to a new place, more likely than not, I end up seeing an opera there. It's ended up being a…

— Stana Katic

The more opera is dead, the more it flourishes.

— Slavoj Žižek

I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see…

— Gladys Berejiklian

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

Opera is given so little attention in the national press.

— Carlisle Floyd

“Opera's not for everyone, especially at these prices.”

— Joseph McElroy

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

— Renee Fleming