131 Quotes About Opera

If there’s one good thing to be said about opera, it’s that it makes a man appreciate all other forms of entertainment so much more.

Giovanni always had music running through his head. Moments he experienced in life recalled for him scenes from operas. [Giovanni Tempesta]

He was a throwback to a lady's old romantic notion of how a man should act. [Giovanni Tempesta]

O guarda il demonietto! come fugge!

Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning Baroque 'opera seria'; however, paradoxically his personal obsession to obtain complete artistic freedom generated disastrous side-effects that eventually impeded the progress of opera in London.

This can’t be a coincidence, and there’s no longer any doubt in my mind. I am in a horror story.

How do you hate someone who pulled you from the brink of death, not once, but twice?

Behind every wall and every mirror and every vent, I hear sounds: breathing, rustling, footsteps, and murmurs. I try to tell myself it’s just mice making their nests behind the barriers, but since when do rodents whisper?

He raised his wine for a toast. “To the Exquisite Nightmare.