Being honest Quote by Zola Jesus

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

— Bruce Beresford

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.

— Adam Lambert

I think theatricaliy is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.

— Adam Lambert

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

— Shanola Hampton

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

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

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

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

— Jose Carreras

When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.

— The Weeknd

You don't have to make a grand, exaggerated sound to sing opera.

— Andris Nelsons

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

— Beverly Sills

Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and it goes…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell