Approach Quote by Sarah Caldwell

As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

— Karen Black

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

— Zola Jesus

That's the extraordinary thing about opera: it has the power to elicit a physical reaction. I don't know if I'd have been any good…

— Roger Allam

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

I'd always had this hankering to try some opera.

— Michael Ball

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

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 is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life.

— Mark Getty

I started realizing that one of the great things about opera is that if you make the right kind of story, you can still…

— Tod Machover

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

Opera can be exceptionally moving but can also be pompous.

— Matt Bellamy

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's…

— Rufus Wainwright