“ For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas. Ally Carter Author
“ In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact. Andrea Bocelli Tenor
“ So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment. Beverly Sills Operatic Soprano
“ Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. Bruce Beresford Film Director
“ Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. Carlisle Floyd Opera Composer