Composer Quote by Gian Carlo Menotti

Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic…

— Carlisle Floyd

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And no matter…

— Stephen Schwartz

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching…

— John Eaton

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

— Jose Carreras

The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.

— Claude Debussy

In opera, there is always too much singing.

— Claude Debussy

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

— Anonymous

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

— Beverly Sills

You don't have to make a grand, exaggerated sound to sing opera.

— Andris Nelsons

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

— Anonymous