Acting Quote by Maria Jeritza

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

— Beverly Sills

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

In opera, there is always too much singing.

— Claude Debussy

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

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

— Claude Debussy

Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts,…

— Andrea Bocelli

There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a…

— Jessye Norman

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

The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.

— Andrea Bocelli

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

You don't have to make a grand, exaggerated sound to sing opera.

— Andris Nelsons

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.

— Andrea Bocelli