“I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals”
Jack Handy
“There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”
Josh Groban
“Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.”
Marcel Marceau
“I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.”
Sir Edward Appleton
“If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.”
Sir Thomas Beecham
“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
