Covent garden Quote by Roger Allam

I used to lie in bed and imagine I was performing at the Albert Hall, not that I'd ever been there. I took lessons…

— Anne Reid

I was a vocal presence in the dressing room as an 18-year-old at Leeds.

— Fabian Delph

I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?

— Vladimir Horowitz

I remember seeing Janet McTeer in A Doll's House. My grandmother took me and we had seats in the very back row, but her…

— Julia Stiles

The Pavarotti and Galway albums were a lot of fun because I got to work with two of the best 'voices' in the world.

— Henry Mancini

“It was weird, ’cause there we were in Italy listening to people singing in German. The music was nice, though, and there was this…

— J.L. Merrow

It was in Cardiff, and the cast was 60 per cent Welsh-speaking. It's the first time I've walked into a rehearsal room speaking my…

— Bryn Terfel

I have sat through an Italian opera, til, for sheer pain, and inexplicable anguish, I have rushed out into the noisiest places of the…

— Charles Lamb

I studied opera, and when I left conservatory I told myself I would never sing in public again.

— Garth Greenwell

My first job was singing at the Hammersmith Odeon. It was years ago, so I can't remember who I was performing with. I was…

— Marianne Faithfull

My most memorable recognition story was in Venice, Italy. My fiance and I were renting a car, and I was recognized by the person…

— Erica Cerra

Any time I've performed on one of the major stages, whether it be Covent Garden or the Paris Opera or the Bolshoi or the…

— Wendy Whelan