Christian Lacroix Quotes

I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company.

I don't know if I would write an opera, maybe because of the words. But yes, I would be really excited to do it. I would certainly write a ballet or... I've done a lot of stage before.

OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes.

I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.

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

I really love music but I've always wanted to act.

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

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.

I am most passionate about dancing and acting, so performing was my focus, always. Even before I was old enough to be serious about it, I was always meddling with things - dancing all over the place and performing for my family.

From the ages of 5 to 17, I was a competitive dancer. I even went to an arts high school and double-majored in dance and theatre.

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.

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

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

I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

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.

The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

Opera is really fun.

Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.