Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic.

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic.

Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.