Marilyn Monroe in Popular Culture - Opera

Opera

  • Marilyn (1980) by Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Marilyn (1993) by Ezra Laderman and Norman Rosten for the New York City Opera
  • Anyone Can See I Love You (2010) by Marilyn Bowering and Gavin Bryars
  • Tommy (1972), she is referenced in the scene with the healing church, where the pastor was played by Eric Clapton

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Famous quotes containing the word opera:

    The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.
    —Anonymous.

    A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)

    The opera house sparkled with tiers
    And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,
    James Merrill (b. 1926)

    I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)