I am a person. I am not a soap opera.
Kate Winslet
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It never occurred to me that 'Phantom of the Opera' was the sort of subject that I'd want to do, because I just thought it was something that would be a bit jokey. 'Til I read the book.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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If work isn't rooted in comedy, people will turn from it, or they'll use it like soap opera.
Israel Horovitz
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So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company.
John Lone
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Unfortunately, opera engagements tend to be made five years in advance, and I don't really agree with that.
Danielle de Niese
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When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.
Robert Lepage
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. Auden
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Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.
Anna Netrebko
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Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater.
Jack O'Brien
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I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.
Stephen Hawking
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
H. L. Mencken
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Opera tells stories that all ages can relate to: love, death, revenge, etc.
Sondra Radvanovsky
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You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
Aaron Lazar
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I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera.
Trevor Nunn
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I don't like rock opera with back beats.
Robin Gibb
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I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.
Rufus Wainwright
HouseEarthRoyalAlwaysOpera
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
Moliere
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One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion is a big deal in it.
Joyce DiDonato
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Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.
Diane Paulus
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Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.
Chris Lowe
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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
Bruce Beresford
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I was on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives.'
Ashley Benson
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In Europe, it is not so unusual for directors to move between opera, theatre, and film, and I have at least three girlfriends I can think of who have directed in all three genres.
Phyllida Lloyd
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I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.
Tyne Daly
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