Quotes of: Opera-singer Keyword

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

Sam Waterston

My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.

Jennifer Aniston

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

W. H. Auden

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

Anne Hull

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

Anthony Davis

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.

Cab Calloway

I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man.

Elisabeth Rohm

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.

Carlisle Floyd

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

Christian Lacroix

Unfortunately, opera engagements tend to be made five years in advance, and I don't really agree with that.

Danielle de Niese

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

Dan Stevens

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

Edward Appleton

I guess I am running the risk of becoming the Hans Christian Andersen of opera.

Gian Carlo Menotti

The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.

Harrison Birtwistle

I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

Dorothy Malone

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Josh Groban

One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time.

Gioachino Rossini

So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.

John Lone

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

Rufus Wainwright

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.

Marcel Marceau

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

Stewart Copeland