“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
“There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.”
Josh Groban
“No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”
W. H. Auden
“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
“He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?”
Oscar Wilde
“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
