In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
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.
If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.
Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.
I love to conduct opera.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my services.