Capacity Quote by Julie Taymor

Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.

— Ismail Merchant

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

Musicals allow a depth of emotion that you don't get in another form of acting, the chord changes, the lyrics really affect people, so…

— Michael Ball

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

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

I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that…

— Jessica Rothe

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing…

— Colin Meloy

Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment.

— Marc Platt

“In fact, is the idea of a serious comparison of American musicals and opera really so outrageous?”

— Lawrence W. Levine

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of…

— Jackie Fuchs

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