Entertainment Quote by Sasha Velour

I love 'Threepenny Opera'; I was exposed to it as a little kid because my parents, my mom and my dad, had bonded, when…

— Sasha Velour

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

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

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement.…

— Baz Luhrmann

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

— Kevin Spacey

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

I couldn't stand the politics in opera.

— Rhiannon Giddens

Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

— Robert Lepage

I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like the fact…

— Rory Bremner

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

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

We tend to forget that in those days before the Internet and HBO and Imax and 3-D cinema, opera was the thing. Opera and…

— Robert Lepage