Quotes by Opera Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone. George Bernard Shaw opera making-love want The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public. Giacomo Puccini opera butterfly paper Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. Gian Carlo Menotti composer opera feels One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time. Gioachino Rossini opera judging time The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna. Giuseppe Verdi tenors opera hands It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out? Gordon Bethune opera aviation want An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. Gustav Mahler opera gay That's nothing - my alarm clock is set for eight. Groucho Marx opera alarms eight Hey you! I told you to slow that nag down! Because of you, I almost heard the opera! Groucho Marx because-of-you opera hey My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces. Harrison Birtwistle opera pieces theatre My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. Harrison Birtwistle opera musical ideas The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles. Harrison Birtwistle opera different stories We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera. Gilbert K. Chesterton opera real world My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas in nature. Henry David Thoreau opera nature uplifting What's an opera if everyone is dead in it? Hugh Griffith opera ifs 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 to the opera. Ian McDiarmid opera trying art I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner. Ibn Warraq opera should culture You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation. Irvin S. Cobb operations opera sarcastic Are you implying that our relationship is like a Spanish soap opera?” “I’m not implying. I’m saying it. Ilona Andrews soap our-relationship opera You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing. Isaac Mizrahi opera sound looks «1234567891011»
