Baritones Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?)

— Edward Abbey

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly…

— Simon McBurney

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

— Erik Satie

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

— Beverly Sills

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

— Bruce Beresford

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed…

— Luciano Pavarotti

In opera, there is always too much singing.

— Claude Debussy

Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're…

— Charles Nelson Reilly

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

— Anonymous

Opera takes the human voice to the absolute limits of what it is capable of doing.

— Jackie Fuchs

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand.

— Anonymous

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.

— Andrea Bocelli