I've been trying to find a redeeming feature to Palpatine, and the only one I've got so far is that he's clearly a patron of the arts because he goes….

So my methodological approach is to draw on many different features in highlighting different facets of the novella (and the opera and the film)..

I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music..

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble..

The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete..

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

My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to….

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me..

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera..

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone..

My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces..

I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work cou….

I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment..

My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera..

Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't..

I would love to sing opera..

For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something..

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a….

I was on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives..

You'll find in Africans a fantastic amount of heavy space opera and so on, going on ... which makes the colored African very, very interesting to pro….

I want to get out of the major opera houses..