324 Opera Quotes for You to Enjoy

I decided I was going to be an opera star. I was about 12. Megan Hilty

About Opera Going Decided Star

I never had a burning desire to have children. But then I met Nick, and I thought, 'This is the only person I'd do this with.' So we tried, but I was a little long in the tooth for that sort of thing. But we didn't turn it into a soap opera. We tried for about a year or so, and it didn't happen and took that to mean it wasn't meant to be. Megan Mullally

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It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable. Meghan Markle

Mom Director Parents Met Late Valley Neighborhood Studio Lighting House Opera Affordable Moved Soap Soap Opera Dad

I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer. Melinda Clarke

Light More Opera Opera Singer Singer Lounge Much Really

I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15. My dad got sick, and we couldn't afford the lessons, so I stopped and became a cheerleader and wrecked my voice. Meryl Streep

I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good voices, excellent sets, and the fact that productions generally have only short runs. But I believe it's something we ought to achieve as a nation. Michael Portillo

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In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket. Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I was always far more into anything creative that called for a bit of active participation, like reading aloud in class. Then, having left school shortly after my GCSEs, I auditioned for the National Youth Theatre of Wales and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain as well as the Welsh National Youth Opera. I ended up getting into all three. Morfydd Clark

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The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. Nellie Melba

Life Yourself First Everything Rule See Opera

I got last-minute rush seats to Baz Luhrmann's 'Boheme,' and my favorite singer, Ekaterina Solovyeva, was playing Mimi that day. My face got burned off when she sang the aria 'Donde Lieta Usci.' The woman was technically sobbing and singing opera at the same time. I don't know how you do that. Nina Arianda

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I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera. Nina Arianda

Year Had Opera Conductor Wanted

I heard opera all day long. From the time I was 9 years old, I was imitating the singers; later I studied opera. But we also got Western television and radio, from the Americans in West Berlin. When I was 11 years old, I turned into a hippie and gave flowers to policemen. And when I was 21 and left Berlin for London, I became a punk. Nina Hagen

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People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it. Noel Coward

People Say Wrong Opera Used They Say

'Floating Worlds,' published in 1975 and the lone science fiction novel by acclaimed historical novelist Cecelia Holland, was unique in being completely devoid of the usual pulp influences present in much space opera up to that time. Pamela Sargent

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I've had an extraordinary life as a dancer. You tour the world, you see all the great capitals of the world, the beautiful old opera houses all over Europe - you go everywhere. As a teenager, I would always say, 'I can't believe this is happening to little me,' because it was always a dream to dance. Patricia McBride

Life Beautiful Great Me You World Old Dance Believe Extraordinary Teenager Dancer Everywhere Say Dream Would See Tour Had Over Opera Houses Because Always Go Happening Little Europe

In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all. Phyllida Lloyd

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But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows. Placido Domingo

Myself Long Singing Follows Voice Opera Deprive

Evidence has been mounting for the key role that black holes play in the process of galaxy formation. But it now appears that they are likely the prima donnas of this space opera. Priyamvada Natarajan

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A soccer game is a Wagner opera. The narrative sets up, the tension builds, the music ebbs and flows, the strings, the horns, more tension, and suddenly a moment of pure bliss, trumpet-tongued Gabriel sings, and gods descend from Olympus to dance - this peak of ecstasy. Rabih Alameddine

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