I can tell you that many soloists probably wish they could sit.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.
Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists.
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.
You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things.
When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.
A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.
Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.
We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.
I need to know who the audience are in any particular play. It's no good forgetting that they're there.