Big Quote by Stephen Schwartz

I had always been interested in opera, going back to my college days at Carnegie Mellon. In my last year there, I even wrote…

— Stephen Schwartz

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

— Anthony Davis

I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.

— Virgil Thomson

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino

I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an…

— Kaija Saariaho

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

— Karen Black

I love to conduct opera.

— Zubin Mehta

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover

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 beautiful and important diversion for me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto. One of my closest friends is a composer,…

— Terry Teachout

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

— Simon McBurney