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“It takes uberrima fides to have opera omnia.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

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

“Within every one of us there lives both a Don Quixote and a Sancho Panza to whom we hearken by turns; and though Sancho…

— Anatole France

“The opera was stylish and the movie a thriller, But, I had to buy a new dress and the popcorn was stale, After the…

— Nancy B. Brewer

“Los sueños, si no se persiguen, se convierten en meras fantasías". ("Dreams, if not pursued, become mere fantasies.") Tony Báez Milán”

— Tony Báez Milán

“I like your opera - I think I will set it to music”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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

I think the opera is one of the great cultural jewels of Los Angeles.

— Eli Broad

“At the opera, the music makes no sense; here in the street it has just the right demented touch to give it poignancy.”

— Henry Miller

“Pretend you're not alone, Like you are center stage on Broadway. 'Cause when you're on your own a little opera goes a long way.”

— Sky Sailing Adam Young

“Opera has the power to warn you that you have wasted your life. You haven't acted on your desires. You've suffered a stunted, vicarious…

— Wayne Koestenbaum

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino