If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

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

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.

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

Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.