“The taxpayers cannot be relied upon to support performing arts such as opera. As a taxpayer, I am forced to admit that I would rather undergo a vasectomy via Weed Whacker than attend an opera.”
Dave Barry
“The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge.”
Cleveland Amory
“There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”
Josh Groban
“If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role.”
Judy Garland
“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.”
Robert Burns
“One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time”
Gioacchino Rossini
“When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance”
Victor Borge
