Quotes of: Soap-opera Keyword

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.'

Sophie Thompson

The idea is to make the ingredients sing, not a grand opera, but a jolly chanson.

Marie-Pierre Moine

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

Rosamund Pike

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

Sarah Caldwell

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

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

Sam Waterston

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 classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

Emmy Rossum

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

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

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