Marriage, like spinach and opera, was something I had never thought I would like..
I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house..
The Opera reminds me of my tax audit. It was in a language I didn’t understand. And it ended in tragedy..
Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance..
You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation..
I studied opera, and when I left conservatory I told myself I would never sing in public again..
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I on….
I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of the greatest o….
The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable..
I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I rej….
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera..
What's all this about yanking poor Magnus and Alec back from their vacation?" Isabelle demanded. "They have opera tickets!.
If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a….
Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them..
If anything can be invented more excruciating than an English Opera, such as was the fashion at the time I was in London, I am sure no sin of mine de….
In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and ….
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 be….
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flight….
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces..
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….
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter..