Book Quote by Donna Leon

I love to conduct opera.

— Zubin Mehta

Opera has made me consider suicide.

— Fred Willard

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Anonymous

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Robert Burns

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“The novelist is like the conductor of an orchestra, his back to the audience, his face invisible, summoning the experience of music for the…

— Sol Stein

Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't

— Cab Calloway

I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end,…

— Andris Nelsons

What's an opera if everyone is dead in it?

— Hugh Griffith

I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore.

— Maurice Sendak