“Baseball is the slow creation of something beautiful. It is the almost boringly paced accumulation of what seems slight or incidental into an opera of bracing suspense. The game will threaten never to end, until suddenly it forces you to marvel at how it came to be where it is and to wonder at how far it might go. It’s the drowsy metamorphosis of the dull into the indescribable.” EndsSeemsMightBeautifulGamesForceWonderCreationBaseballSuspenseDullOperaAccumulationMetamorphosisSomething BeautifulIndescribableDrowsy Author:Joshua Ferris
“Im just a normal person. Its not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics.” ThinkingPersonsHomeBeautifulNormalDressesShoesExpensiveComing HomeOperaFabricMy ThoughtsSilhouettes Author:Anna Netrebko
“I wouldn't know anything about opera music if it wasn't for Bugs Bunny. That was my entire introduction to opera music. I wouldn't know anything about classical music if it wasn't for "Fantasia." They didn't have to do that stuff. They chose to base this ridiculous, funny, intriguing, creative story on this beautiful classical music. It's the combination of the high and the low that I thought was very cool. But I had no concept of it as a kid.” IfsKnowsStoriesKidsBeautifulStuffCreativeLowsConceptsRidiculousCombinationOperaBugsIntroductionClassical MusicIntriguingBunniesVery CoolFantasia Author:Jon Hamm
“It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better.” WayBeautifulPrayerPerfectEnvironmentGreekOperaChanting Author:Troy Polamalu