Enjoy Quote by Philip Johnson

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

Opera once was an important social instrument - especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi, people were listening to opera together and having the…

— Luciano Berio

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was…

— Lesley Garrett

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

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

— Benjamin Britten

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

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

There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.

— Robert Davi

In the early '80s when I came to London, I didn't like opera. I didn't know anything about it.

— Harry Enfield

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

— Gemma Arterton

But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.

— Jon Lovitz