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Opera Quotes

Prima Donna’ is my kind of love song to opera but it’s not the full experience Picture Quote #1

Macbeth’ is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience Picture Quote #1

I was 6, and I was in the opera ‘Carmen.’ My dad sang opera and got me into the children’s chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn’t make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since Picture Quote #1

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it Picture Quote #1

My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang Picture Quote #1

But, in North Korea, it’s just the opposite. There’s one story. It’s written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you’ll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer Picture Quote #1

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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they’re doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell Picture Quote #1

The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets. Anyone who saw ‘Faust’ there - I did - knows exactly what hell is like, complete with fire, smoke and terror Picture Quote #1

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I’m very happy. Because it’s the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music Picture Quote #1

Soap opera wouldn’t be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life Picture Quote #1

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I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It’s a mix of things Picture Quote #1

My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer. As I grew up, I discovered pop music and Top 40 radio, but it was in the 90s, so music was very different then - it was really lyrical Picture Quote #1

I like folk songs, but ten horses couldn’t bring me to a concert or an opera Picture Quote #1

I stood there, watching her. The whole world was a dream, I realized. Everyone was acting in a bad soap opera. The whole world was one big FOX TV show Picture Quote #1

There’s no half-singing in the shower, you’re either a rock star or an opera diva Picture Quote #1

Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting young composers, supporting new ideas, supporting new ways of getting the message across Picture Quote #1

More people are listening to opera, and I’m happy - everybody must be given that opportunity Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically better and are doing really well in opera now. But I was definitely the best mezzo-soprano in my class, because I was the only one of those! Picture Quote #1

For a while, I couldn’t decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I’m glad that I chose the latter because I wasn’t a very good singer Picture Quote #1

Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error Picture Quote #1

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I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do ‘A Little Night Music’ out of the New York City Opera Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve been influenced by everything I’ve ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the ‘Nessun Dorma’ from Puccini’s ‘Turandot.’ My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time Picture Quote #1

My sister and I used to act as maids and waitresses at my great aunt and uncle’s cocktail parties, which were very much sort of retired, minor stars of the Yiddish theater and the Yiddish opera Picture Quote #1

The great opera composers were so good at their job, that the whole genre came to be built around the concept of the composer’s vision Picture Quote #1

Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups Picture Quote #1

The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge Picture Quote #1

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Prima Donna’ is my kind of love song to opera but it’s not the full experience (Opera Quotes) Macbeth’ is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience. (Opera Quotes) I was 6, and I was in the opera ‘Carmen.’ My dad sang opera and got me into the children’s chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn’t make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since. (Opera Quotes) Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it. (Opera Quotes) My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang. (Opera Quotes) But, in North Korea, it’s just the opposite. There’s one story. It’s written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you’ll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. (Opera Quotes) Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. (Opera Quotes) 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. (Opera Quotes) The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they’re doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell. (Opera Quotes) The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets. Anyone who saw ‘Faust’ there - I did - knows exactly what hell is like, complete with fire, smoke and terror. (Opera Quotes) When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I’m very happy. Because it’s the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music. (Opera Quotes) Soap opera wouldn’t be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life. (Opera Quotes) I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It’s a mix of things. (Opera Quotes) My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma was an opera singer. As I grew up, I discovered pop music and Top 40 radio, but it was in the 90s, so music was very different then - it was really lyrical. (Opera Quotes) I like folk songs, but ten horses couldn’t bring me to a concert or an opera (Opera Quotes) I stood there, watching her. The whole world was a dream, I realized. Everyone was acting in a bad soap opera. The whole world was one big FOX TV show. (Opera Quotes) There’s no half-singing in the shower, you’re either a rock star or an opera diva (Opera Quotes) Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game. (Opera Quotes) 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. (Opera Quotes) Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting young composers, supporting new ideas, supporting new ways of getting the message across. (Opera Quotes) More people are listening to opera, and I’m happy - everybody must be given that opportunity (Opera Quotes) I wasn’t the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically better and are doing really well in opera now. But I was definitely the best mezzo-soprano in my class, because I was the only one of those! (Opera Quotes) For a while, I couldn’t decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I’m glad that I chose the latter because I wasn’t a very good singer. (Opera Quotes) Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error. (Opera Quotes) I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do ‘A Little Night Music’ out of the New York City Opera. (Opera Quotes) I think I’ve been influenced by everything I’ve ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the ‘Nessun Dorma’ from Puccini’s ‘Turandot.’ My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time. (Opera Quotes) My sister and I used to act as maids and waitresses at my great aunt and uncle’s cocktail parties, which were very much sort of retired, minor stars of the Yiddish theater and the Yiddish opera. (Opera Quotes) The great opera composers were so good at their job, that the whole genre came to be built around the concept of the composer’s vision. (Opera Quotes) Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups (Opera Quotes) The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge. (Opera Quotes)

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