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.

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

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

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

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

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