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Opera Quotes
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One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. (Quote by - Lesley Garrett)
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera. (Quote by - Luciano Pavarotti)
I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like. (Quote by - Parker Posey)
So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company. (Quote by - John Lone)
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. (Quote by - W H Auden)
The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time. (Quote by - Lesley Garrett)
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. (Quote by - H. L. Mencken)
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me. (Quote by - Luciano Pavarotti)
In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film. (Quote by - Bruce Beresford)
A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. (Quote by - Robertson Davies)
I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. (Quote by - Ruben Blades)
So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment. (Quote by - Beverly Sills)
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't. (Quote by - Cab Calloway)