Quotes About Performance

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

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.

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 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.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

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

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.

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

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

So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.

I love grand opera. I can't hear 'La Boheme' without dissolving.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.

You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.