Bowels Quote by Susan Stroman

'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

I'm still wondering about the Phantom in the chair, you know at the end of Phantom [of the Opera], so I guess that's my…

— Katherine Shindle

The nice thing about doing a pop opera is that, because the convention is set from the beginning that this is an opera and…

— Lea Salonga

When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it,…

— Rufus Wainwright

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

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

That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating because when…

— Jason Graae

I get people saying, 'Opera is too large a canvas for me. I don't love it. I love movies that feel almost like documentaries,'…

— Jeff Perry

Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me -…

— Rufus Wainwright

I know the world of opera so intimately: historical sweep, sharply defined characters, not too rational an explanation of what's going on. It's a…

— James A. Michener

“Someone put opera on inside the house. Someone changed it to hip-hop, thank God. Someone started a shower. Someone vacuumed. Again. Life. In all…

— J.R. Ward

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

— Alexander McCall Smith