Just Quote by Kiri Te Kanawa Download Open image “Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.” — Kiri Te Kanawa ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Just Lifetime Minute Minutes Opera
Unfortunately, opera engagements tend to be made five years in advance, and I don't really agree with that. — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
It's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Opera is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life. — Mark Getty Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed. — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music… — William Bolcom Copy Share Image
Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I tell students, 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just trying to prove that… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time. — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
My children are my children. There's no doubt about that at all. They're very strong towards me, very protective, and I towards them. It… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I used to suffer from a lot of regret while touring. Regret at having to leave certain places, people and situations, or just a… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment. — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people. — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment value, but there are shows that touch people… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
