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.

At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

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.

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.

Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.