Opera Singers Quotes

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play.

We do not seem to be finding tomorrow's Toscas.

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.

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.

The Royal Opera House? I once had the immense privilege of appearing there and was awed by the air of refinement of those seemingly ethereal beings who floated about in the highest echelons of musical accomplishment, effortlessly producing virtuoso performances in several different languages.

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.

There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.

Pavarotti's is the best male voice, and Joan Sutherland had a big voice but also acquired great coloratura notes.

Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?)

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.

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 parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

I'm by no means an opera buff.

Lots of opera singers are just boring.

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.

It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

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

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Hey yogurt, if you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera?

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.

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

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