324 Opera Quotes for You to Enjoy

I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well. Andrea Bocelli

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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. Andrea Bocelli

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My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true. Andrea Bocelli

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It never occurred to me that 'Phantom of the Opera' was the sort of subject that I'd want to do, because I just thought it was something that would be a bit jokey. 'Til I read the book. Andrew Lloyd Webber

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'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that. Andrew Lloyd Webber

Love Simple About Opera Phantom

You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected. Andris Nelsons

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To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy. Andris Nelsons

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

Love Art Exclusive Opera Art Form Just Form Cannot Popular

I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it. Anna Netrebko

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If you love epic space opera, you shouldn't miss 'Interstellar'. Annalee Newitz

Love You Space Miss Opera Epic

Tulsa has world-class opera and Starbucks, and a religious conservatism that rules public life. Anne Hull

Life Conservatism World-Class Rules Religious Opera Public Public Life Starbucks

Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and a set, but comedy is just one man or woman. And because TV has learned to love comics - there's so many more around now than when I started out. Arthur Smith

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

Easier Costumes Opera Because Ballet Movement Designed

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. Bar Paly

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I started performing with the Boston Children's Opera when I was 5, and I stayed working with that group until I was about 12 or 13, so that was a huge part of my life. It was, weirdly, an extremely professional environment geared towards kids. Barrett Wilbert Weed

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

Later Opera Rock Richard Even Appeared

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it. Baz Luhrmann

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

Everyone Opera Wanted Groovy

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process. Bernard Williams

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I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when I was 12 because I really wanted to learn how to sing properly. The only proper way to sing, I thought at that age, was opera. Beth Hart

I never breathe through the nose, not when I'm singing. In the opera, you don't have so much time. That's fine at the beginning of an opera or after somebody else has been doing an aria, and you want to get a good fresh start. Beverly Sills

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When I was general director of City Opera, we were pioneers in the practice of projecting supertitles so that American audiences finally could know what all the singing was about. Beverly Sills

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