Answer Quote by John M. Ford

I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.

— Erica Brown

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

— Renee Fleming

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

I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying…

— Octavia E. Butler

The space genre is timeless.

— Dirk Benedict

I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call…

— Trevor Nunn

The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five…

— Harrison Birtwistle

Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.

— Anonymous

I find the opera part in 'The Greatest Show on Earth' challenging.

— Floor Jansen

I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see…

— Gladys Berejiklian

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 think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

— Elon Musk