Stephen Costello Quotes

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

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

I think the opera is one of the great cultural jewels of Los Angeles.

I love grand opera. I can't hear 'La Boheme' without dissolving.

The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years.

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

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

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.

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

I'm an opera lover.

I want to write theater pieces, opera, or some kind of amalgamation where there is singing, music and theater.

I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

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 love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

I love to conduct opera.

Concert repertoire is some of the most beautiful music ever written, and I frequently seek out opportunities to perform it.