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    I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.

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If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

by Sarah Caldwell Found in: Opera Quotes,
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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 read more

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

by Jack Handy Found in: Opera Quotes,
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But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the read more

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

by Lotte Lehmann Found in: Opera Quotes,
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Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.

Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.

by Gioacchino Rossini Found in: Opera Quotes,
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Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you read more

Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you look at your watch and it says 6:20

by David Randolph Found in: Opera Quotes,
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I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost read more

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

by Frank Lloyd Wright Found in: Opera Quotes,
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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 read more

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.

by Rouben Mamoulian Found in: Opera Quotes,
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Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

by Robert Burns Found in: Opera Quotes,
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Opera: the graveyard of melody

Opera: the graveyard of melody

by Lord Harewood Found in: Opera Quotes,
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