Opera Quotes - page 11

Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, Blimey, look at that. (David Harewood)
You can learn more by going to the opera than you ever can by reading Emerson. Like that there are two sexes. View quote
David Markson
I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is. View quote
David Sanborn
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story. View quote
Diane Paulus
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites. View quote
Diane Paulus
You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things. View quote
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. View quote
Don Rickles
It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera. View quote
Doug Davidson
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. View quote
Dan Stevens
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such. View quote
Dan Stevens
There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline. (Daniela Ruah)
'Macbeth' is one of the best operas ever, and doing it was a great experience. I added some things to the opera based from my experience on the movie - such as some of the special effects and bits of film - to make it new and interesting. It was a very good work and a very good experience. View quote
Dario Argento
I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid. View quote
Dario Argento
I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man. View quote
Elisabeth Rohm
I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though. View quote
Emmy Rossum
'All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! View quote
Eva LaRue
When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief. View quote
Eve Best
I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera. View quote
Ford Frick
People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg. View quote
Giancarlo Esposito
I always believed 'The Fly' to be a classic opera story. It's a tale of love and death, true love surviving in the face of physical decay and ultimate sacrifice. View quote
Howard Shore
Are you implying that our relationship is like a Spanish soap opera?” "I'm not implying. I'm saying it. (Ilona Andrews)
Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again. View quote
Jeremy Bulloch
I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers. View quote
Jo Stafford
Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life. View quote
Joe Lando
I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work. View quote
Jack Wagner