Enough Quote by Virgil Thomson

I've done a lot of operas. I've probably done more different kind of operas than anybody.

— Tod Machover

When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, one of my roommates my freshman year was a big opera fan. I had seen some…

— Stephen Schwartz

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

Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18.

— Lucy Griffiths

I'm a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same…

— Philip Glass

The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many…

— Carlisle Floyd

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

— Anthony Davis

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'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for…

— Donna Leon

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

I like to spend several months at least in a particular opera house.

— Mirella Freni