Legendary Quote by Luciano Pavarotti

The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.

— Claude Debussy

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 is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone…

— Beverly Sills

The nice thing about doing a pop opera is that, because the convention is set from the beginning that this is an opera and…

— Lea Salonga

I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt…

— Fanny Burney

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly…

— Simon McBurney

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

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

The idea is not to have one great singer surrounded by a bunch of nit wits. When the others are good, too, that's when…

— Richard Bonynge

I had been warned by other directors that opera is hell. The singers don't want to do what you want.

— Robert Lepage

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

— Roger Allam

In opera, there is always too much singing.

— Claude Debussy