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The power of one song

One quote recalls being floored by a live performance of an aria, a reminder of the raw Beauty a single song can carry in an opera house.

Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel.

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

Best
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Nov 07, 2020

There are a lot of artists that come and go very quickly, and I understand why just because someone has a No. 1 doesn't necessarily mean they should be up for best male or female categories. I understand that Aria are protecting the integrity of what Aria is, but I do think that pop music isn't recognised enough.

Quotes by Ricki-Lee Coulter

Nov 07, 2020

I got last-minute rush seats to Baz Luhrmann's 'Boheme,' and my favorite singer, Ekaterina Solovyeva, was playing Mimi that day. My face got burned off when she sang the aria 'Donde Lieta Usci.' The woman was technically sobbing and singing opera at the same time. I don't know how you do that.

Quotes by Nina Arianda

Intelligence
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Nov 07, 2020

An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again.

Quotes by James Fenton

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.

Quotes by Fay Wray

Believe
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Nov 07, 2020

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff.

Quotes by Dominic Chianese

Another compares a great aria to a small set of words stretched into endless variation, a craft some artists still Believe is opera's real magic.

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