Ahead Quote by Robert Wilson

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is…

— Renee Fleming

I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good voices, excellent…

— Michael Portillo

Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during…

— Jacob Hashimoto

Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious…

— Jose Carreras

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

The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many…

— Carlisle Floyd

Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience.

— Goeran Gentele

As americans I think it's harder for us to have a relationship with opera because the access to it is so limited.

— Jacob Hashimoto

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

— Renee Fleming

I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an…

— Kaija Saariaho

Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas made in…

— Robert Ashley

Unfortunately, opera engagements tend to be made five years in advance, and I don't really agree with that.

— Danielle de Niese