More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're in an opera! You have to make it real. You have to just be there.
In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.
People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible.
Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.
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 one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.