Opera Houses Quotes

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.

Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons.

I'm an opera lover.

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.

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.

Any time I've performed on one of the major stages, whether it be Covent Garden or the Paris Opera or the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky, those are really the top memorable moments for me.

I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.

Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.

A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.

Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world for over 100 years.

Opera is given so little attention in the national press.

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.

Actually I do not listen to much opera music.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.

My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for me - have been with the Romantic composers' repertoire: it's Wagner, it's Strauss, Verdi, Puccini. That era gets me every time.

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.

I want to get out of the major opera houses.

The more opera is dead, the more it flourishes.

Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.