Culture Quote by Ibn Warraq

Western culture is what gave us Mozart, and Da Vinci, and Wagner, and Beethoven.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

— Bruce Beresford

It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

— Robert Wilson

I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic…

— Hans Frank

I think of Westernized culture as a good visual for my music.

— Travis Scott

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my…

— Franz Liszt

I wish I could write librettos for the rest of my life. It is the purest of human pleasures, a heavenly hermaphroditism of being…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for…

— Rufus Wainwright

The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing, of the…

— Gaspar Claus

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

— Anonymous

To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy.

— Andris Nelsons

We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few…

— Jake Heggie