Bigs Quote by Dylan Moran

Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

— Robert Lepage

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

Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

Opera is too obsessed with buildings.

— Phyllida Lloyd

I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy.

— Bernard Haitink

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

— Andrea Bocelli

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

One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion…

— Joyce DiDonato

Anyone who wants to promote a car or a football tournament turns to opera. There's a much greater public connection than the image of…

— Rory Bremner

Opera is really fun.

— Renee Fleming

Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.

— Peter Boyle

As americans I think it's harder for us to have a relationship with opera because the access to it is so limited.

— Jacob Hashimoto