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"Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it."
"If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role."
"Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers."
"Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint."
"This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it."
"Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again."
"The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge."
"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."
Explore more quotes by Tom Wopat
"With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart."
"When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!"
"I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing."
"As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible."
"I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid."
"There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer."
"I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like."
"There's a guy at the record company who's 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this context. Somehow the recording process, the arrangements, make it more accessible."
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