John Roberts Quotes

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.

I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.

In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while.

Opera is really fun.

I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I love Massenet - 'Manon' had been a wonderful role for me - and the music he wrote for 'Thais' is quite enjoyable and not terribly demanding in a vocal sense.

I'm an opera lover.

After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.'

There are no electric guitars. 'Hunchback' has arias; it's operatic.

I was in show choir in high school.

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.'

If I'm going to go to the opera, I want to see the costumes and the melodrama.