Audience Quote by Ralph Vaughan Williams

When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the…

— Placido Domingo

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

— Luciano Pavarotti

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

— Robert Lepage

Actually I do not listen to much opera music.

— Tarja Turunen

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is the language I don't understand.

— Anonymous

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

— Anonymous

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

— Bruce Beresford

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.

— Beverly Sills

One of the problems with musicals and opera is you can't ever hear all the words.

— Tim Rice

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