Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
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.
I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.
To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.
As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the piece from different points of view. That's what makes it interesting and keeps it alive.
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.
In opera, there is always too much singing.