Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.
I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.
One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion is a big deal in it.
Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.
I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm writing a whole new score and all the lyrics for it.
I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many varieties, and it helps to inform you about what you like when you see a lot.
Opera is really fun.
My dream of dreams is to write Broadway musicals. All of this Twitter and TV writing is just a day job.
Glam rock always has a story to tell and has that powerful voice with a little hint of libretto.
I'm an opera lover.
Really, the impetus driving me is I've always sung, but I like to act, I like drama, I like text, which is why opera is something I've come late to, I'd say.
The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.
I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
When I was general director of City Opera, we were pioneers in the practice of projecting supertitles so that American audiences finally could know what all the singing was about.
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
When I was very little, I was sort of consumed by a love for opera. Weirdly enough, I went from being really enthusiastic about construction vehicles at the age of seven to being really passionate about 'La Traviata' by the time I was eight.
To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of.
Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical.
Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.
What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
