American Quote by Heather Mac Donald

I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.

— Wang Leehom

Musical theater tends to be word-driven, whereas opera gives you so much more scope for driving the story with the music.

— Stephen Schwartz

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European…

— Sonny Rollins

Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think there is…

— Andrea Bocelli

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They…

— Robert Wilson

I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong to another…

— Ludovico Einaudi

Historically and phenomenologically viewed, dance is the original art. All arts are found within it, in its undivided unity. The image, made dynamic through…

— Gerard van der Leeuw

I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I just started studying opera - very, very much as hobby - and for some reason I've been gravitating toward French composers, like a…

— Caroline Polachek

I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.

— Kip Winger

Classical dance is a growing and ever-evolving art.

— Shobana

The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater, and is closer to music. It’s abstract but still narrative.…

— Emmanuel Lubezki