Opera Quotes

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.

I never pictured myself as a telenovela galan - never imagined I'd be in a soap opera.

I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.

It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.

I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.

I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.

I was on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives.'

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.