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.
Bruce BeresfordDirecting an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
Bruce BeresfordIn my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
Bruce BeresfordI 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.
Bruce Beresford