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Opera Quotes

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins Picture Quote #1

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it Picture Quote #1

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings Picture Quote #1

A pretty air in an opera is prettier there than it could be anywhere else, I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere Picture Quote #1

I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970 Picture Quote #1

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed Picture Quote #1

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Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid Picture Quote #1

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I’d pay for riding lessons and take his gun away Picture Quote #1

But I won’t deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows Picture Quote #1

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical Picture Quote #1

My parents have always given me whatever I wanted. Took me to the ballet, the opera, museum exhibitions. I was always surrounded by art. It’s their fault I’ve become an actress Picture Quote #1

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy Picture Quote #1

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But nevertheless, it’s music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world Picture Quote #1

Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance Picture Quote #1

The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it Picture Quote #1

I became a set designer for opera. I’m a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out Picture Quote #1

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

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love Picture Quote #1

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The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude Picture Quote #1

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time Picture Quote #1

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that’s it Picture Quote #1

One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life Picture Quote #1

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi Picture Quote #1

For me, you say the words ‘concept record,’ and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something 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 opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles Picture Quote #1

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one Picture Quote #1

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The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins (Opera Quotes) I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it (Opera Quotes) Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings (Opera Quotes) A pretty air in an opera is prettier there than it could be anywhere else, I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere (Opera Quotes) I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970 (Opera Quotes) One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed (Opera Quotes) Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid (Opera Quotes) If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I’d pay for riding lessons and take his gun away (Opera Quotes) But I won’t deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows (Opera Quotes) My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical (Opera Quotes) My parents have always given me whatever I wanted. Took me to the ballet, the opera, museum exhibitions. I was always surrounded by art. It’s their fault I’ve become an actress (Opera Quotes) Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy (Opera Quotes) But nevertheless, it’s music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world (Opera Quotes) Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance (Opera Quotes) The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it (Opera Quotes) I became a set designer for opera. I’m a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out (Opera Quotes) I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It’s a mix of things (Opera Quotes) The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love (Opera Quotes) The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude (Opera Quotes) Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time (Opera Quotes) This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that’s it (Opera Quotes) One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life (Opera Quotes) Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian (Opera Quotes) 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 (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) We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi (Opera Quotes) For me, you say the words ‘concept record,’ and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something (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 opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles (Opera Quotes) The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one (Opera Quotes)

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