Children Quote by Judith Martin

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art…

— Bruce Beresford

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

— John Philip Sousa

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice…

— Junichiro Koizumi

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

— Roger Allam

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

— Edward Abbey

Opera is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life.

— Mark Getty

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

— Shane Koyczan

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

— Andris Nelsons

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.

— Sarah Caldwell

I'm a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney