Everything Quote by Robert Lepage

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the…

— Sarah Caldwell

Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.

— Sarah Caldwell

In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much…

— Bruce Beresford

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

— Shane Koyczan

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

— Roger Allam

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

When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

— Bruce Beresford

Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone…

— Beverly Sills

Opera takes the human voice to the absolute limits of what it is capable of doing.

— Jackie Fuchs

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

Opera can be exceptionally moving but can also be pompous.

— Matt Bellamy

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