At its best, no art form is more thrilling than grand opera, yet none is at greater risk of following the dinosaurs down the cold road to extinction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.
I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.
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.
Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.'
Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.
Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.
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