“Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you look at your watch and it says 6:20”
David Randolph
“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
“When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance”
Victor Borge
“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'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
“No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”
W. H. Auden