Quotes About Opera

Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.

In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

I became a set designer for opera.

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

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

I never dreamed of writing for concert or opera. I always dreamed, if I was a composer, to write music for films.

I don't know if I would write an opera, maybe because of the words. But yes, I would be really excited to do it. I would certainly write a ballet or... I've done a lot of stage before.

Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're in an opera! You have to make it real. You have to just be there.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

I took opera lessons. I can't read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it. I think that they thought I could read music, but I can't. I would just listen.

I find the opera part in 'The Greatest Show on Earth' challenging.

Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it.

The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I'm such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera.

Sergio Leone has this weird western opera thing.

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

The difference between me and, say, the opera critic is that I'm charged with thinking about the world beyond opera. I could go see 'Die Fledermaus', for instance. I've never done any of this, by the way. I've never written about one opera since I've had this job.

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.