Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name for it.

Quote by Rouben Mamoulian

Topics: Opera Quotes

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he...

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he...

I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I...

I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience.

Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience.

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show....

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show....

Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has...

Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has...

The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard...

The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard...

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in...

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in...

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...