Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

Quote by Gian Carlo Menotti

Topics: Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is...

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is...

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must...

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his...

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his...

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never...

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Not an audience but a habit.

Not an audience but a habit.

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've...

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've...

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned...

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned...

The auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound.

The auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound.

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and...

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and...

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard,...

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard,...