Opera Quotes

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

Sarah Caldwell
- Certain
- Approach
- Opera
Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't.

Clive Rowe
- Theatre
- Everyone
- Taste

When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do in every situation because it's a very, very fast paced business. You do ninety pages a day on a Soap Opera. It's insane. It's such a small world, the soaps. It's all contained in one little studio.

David Hudgins
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

Jose Carreras
- Sing
- Opera
- Logical
I have always been pretty flexible. I could always jump and do all kinds of dangerous movements. In opera, I like to do it because it's fun, as long as it fits the role.

Juan Diego Florez
- Role
- Opera
- Flexible
I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films.

Lalo Schifrin
- Music
- School
- Studied
The rise and fall of Teresa Cornelys proves three things: that the wages of sin are high, that you should “just say no” to opera, and that it’s always wise to diversify your investment portfolio.

Ben Aaronovitch
- Sin
- Investment
- Diversify
I don't like rock opera with back beats.

Robin Gibb Bee Gees
- Rocks
- Beats
- Opera