Opera Quote by Robert Lepage

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

— Robert Lepage

People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of…

— Jackie Fuchs

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

— Roger Allam

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

Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're…

— Charles Nelson Reilly

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

— Andrea Bocelli

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino

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

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't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner because…

— Richard Bonynge

One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion…

— Joyce DiDonato

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

— Iris Apfel