Operas Quotes

We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.

Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them.

You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.

Since I was eight years old. I didn't have a TV, so comic books were definitely my television, my soap operas, and all that.

In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

I started in this business on soap operas.

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

You have to think about the WWE as soap operas.

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.

To be able to make a good living in a challenging medium like soap operas is great. The best is that I get to act and am rewarded for it. And the people I work with are great. Funny, intelligent, hard working. They're all great to be around.

Women in Hollywood are tiny, but women in soap operas are the tiniest people alive!

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my services.

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered.