Quote

Opera is really fun.

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.