Language Quote by Jeff MacNelly

Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?

— Bugs Bunny

I know the world of opera so intimately: historical sweep, sharply defined characters, not too rational an explanation of what's going on. It's a…

— James A. Michener

Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

— Benjamin Britten

I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a…

— Giuseppe Verdi

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

— Zola Jesus

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

As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

— Karen Black

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's…

— Rufus Wainwright