Quotes by Opera I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music. Benjamin Britten opera musical I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy. Bernard Haitink opera house thinking You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that the baker performs a greater service; but no lover of music would agree. Bertrand Russell bakers opera music The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling. Bette Midler opera foundation names So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment. Beverly Sills opera listening long I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother. Bob Edwards soap opera grandmother Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. Bobby Short opera black world The earth was once molten rock and now sings operas. Brian Swimme opera rocks earth The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. Bruce Beresford revival opera song In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film. Bruce Beresford viewpoints opera challenges In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire. Bruce Beresford opera permanent views I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them. Bruce Beresford staging opera Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances. Bruce Beresford popularity opera world I've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera. Bruce Campbell opera littles character There's an opera out on the turnpike, there's a ballet being fought out in the alley. Bruce Springsteen opera ballet song As a horror movie fan, I was very obsessed with horror films. Still am. I love the genre. For me, horror films are opera, and they are... instead of consumption killing off the young lovers, it's Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. It is when the stakes are at their absolute largest in a story: whether somebody is going to live or die. In a way, it's just holding up a mirror to life. Bryan Fuller young-love opera mirrors Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance. C. L. R. James opera ballet theatre It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good Cab Calloway opera blame done 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. Camille Paglia soap opera quality It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. Carlisle Floyd opera relevant art «1234567891011»