I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.
I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.