Conviction Quote by Renee Fleming

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

When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and I have…

— Lucy Lawless

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

— Beverly Sills

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

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino

Opera requires singers with exceptional talent and years of rigorous, formal training.

— Jackie Fuchs

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.

— Andrea Bocelli

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

— Iris Apfel

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot…

— Bernard Williams

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

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

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's…

— Andrea Bocelli