The Music Of The Most

The Music Of The Most Popular Operas Is So Highly Esteemed, It Can Stand Endless Revivals.

I Thought, This Is Fabulous. It Sent Shivers Up My Spine. I Thought, What Kinds Of People Are These That Would Produce This Kind Of Music In A Camp? All The Prison Camp Stories I've Seen, And Heard Of, Were About The Heroism Of Men. As I Researched This And Heard The Music, I Realized That Women Were Heroic Too, On Just As Grand A Scale. And Their Treatment Was Just As Appalling.

It Is Essential To Do Everything Possible To Attract Young People To Opera So They Can See That It Is Not Some Antiquated Art Form But A Repository Of The Most Glorious Music And Drama That Man Has Created.

Directing An Opera Is Similar To Directing A Play. The Singing Must Not Get In The Way Of The Drama.

Perhaps The Most Difficult Thing Is Shooting Scenes Set 6,000 Feet Up In The Mountains Of Mexico.