“If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.”
Sarah Caldwell
“There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”
Josh Groban
“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
“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.”
Robert Burns
“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
“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.”
Maria Callas
“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
