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.
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes. - Bruce Beresford
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
- Bruce Beresford
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. - Bruce Beresford
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through. - Bruce Beresford
On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.
I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them. - Bruce Beresford
I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performa… - Bruce Beresford
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performa…
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. - Bruce Beresford
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the char… - Bruce Beresford
It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the char…
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico. - Bruce Beresford
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me tha… - Bruce Beresford
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me tha…
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