Catharsis Quote by Luciano Berio

Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years…

— Philip Johnson

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

— Mark Getty

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

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…

— Baz Luhrmann

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

— Erik Satie

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching…

— John Eaton

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

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

If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact…

— W. H. Auden

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino