Alive Quote by Sarah Caldwell

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 is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

— Zola Jesus

When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.

— Robert Lepage

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

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

— Carlisle Floyd

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed…

— Luciano Pavarotti

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

— Alexander McCall Smith

What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate.…

— Ian Mcewan

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

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice…

— Junichiro Koizumi

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