131 Quotes About Opera

Exposing impressionable young men to the glories of opera on their first evening at home with you tended to put the kiss of death on things, as Oliver, to his cost, had discovered over the years.

Poetry, Shakespeare and opera, are like mumps and should be caught when young. In the unhappy event that there is a postponement to mature years, the results may be devastating.

All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program.

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

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

It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out?

Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.

If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.

I'd like to direct more operas.