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Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name for it. |
Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name for it. |
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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 |
My passion for opera-the eternal truth of drama through music-has grown, while my interest in performance has diminished. Which is perhaps as good a reason as any other to go quietly. |
Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience. |
Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience. |
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings |
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings |
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Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks and disappears. |
Opera: the graveyard of melody |