The fact that I could secure an opera engagement made me realize I had within me the making of an artist, if I would really labor for such an end. When I became thoroughly convinced of this, I was transformed from an amateur into a professional in a ...
I did grow up in France, and even though I didn't go to the school or dance with the Paris Opera Ballet, I absorbed similar ideas in my training. I understand the scale of a big company. I danced for one for almost 20 years.
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.
Marquise de Merteuil: Tell us we should think of the opera. Chevalier Danceny: Oh, it's sublime, don't you find? Marquise de Merteuil: Monsieur Danceny is one of those rare eccentrics who come here to listen to the music.
B.J. Harrison: [about the pope; before the opera] The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house. Michael Corleone: He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.
Lestat: Come to New Orleans, then. The Paris Opera's in town. We can try some French cuisine. Louis: Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for mortal life.
Spats Colombo: Hello, copper. What brings you to Miami? Mulligan: Heard you "opera lovers" were having a convention, so I thought I'd better be around in case anybody decided to sing.
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, ...
In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and me...
My friend Kate once went to a concert of Mongolian throat singers who were traveling through New York City on a rare world tour. Although she couldn't understand the words to their songs, she found the music almost unbearably sad. After the concert, ...
The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around.
The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.
I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.
I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.
Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and I've done that.
I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.
A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.
