Driving Quote by Stephen Schwartz

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

— Shane Koyczan

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 very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

— Robert Lepage

Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many…

— Susanna Phillips

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

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

— Erik Satie

Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about…

— Toni Servillo

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

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 complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more…

— Andrea Bocelli

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

People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible.

— Katherine Jenkins