American - Politician | June 18, 1790 - November 17, 1856
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.
John Eaton
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I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on.
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We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.
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We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.
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Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers.
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But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world.
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However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.
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Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
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If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part.
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