Children Quote by Lucy Lawless

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every…

— Renee Fleming

I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical singer. I'd love to do opera,…

— Katherine Jenkins

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

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

I wanted to be an opera singer since I was a very little girl.

— Nico

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

— Beverly Sills

You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

— Iris Apfel

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

— Roger Allam

I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.

— Barbara Sukowa

An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level,…

— Andrea Bocelli

I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered…

— Rudolf Bing

I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a conscientious singer…

— Enrico Caruso