Butterfly Quote by Pat Cooper

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to…

— Tika Sumpter

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

— Jihae

I'm a classically trained opera singer. I thought that was my journey.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming…

— Benjamin Booker

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

— Emmy Rossum

Almost all my training was from opera singers.

— Susan Tedeschi

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

— Bruno Sammartino

I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?

— Vladimir Horowitz

To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.

— Danielle de Niese

I came out here to do the acting, and then after a year of auditions and not getting anything, I met these Italian guys…

— Malin Akerman

My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a…

— Mac DeMarco

Then I trained as an opera singer for four years before I started singing professionally as a pop act.

— Jane McDonald