Better Quote by Richard Bonynge

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music…

— William Bolcom

If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good enough. But with operas, unless the right…

— Jose Carreras

I've done a lot of operas. I've probably done more different kind of operas than anybody.

— Tod Machover

I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before…

— Rufus Wainwright

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

— Anna Netrebko

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 a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that.

— Robert Lepage

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

— Roger Allam

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

— Robert Lepage

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my…

— Franz Liszt

My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the…

— Sam Taylor-Johnson