If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a very specific location in mind. The physical environment of where the opera takes place is very key - the "sound world."
If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a very specific location in mind.… - Jake Heggie
If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a very specific location in mind.…
- Jake Heggie
I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I feel comfortable and confident and I get to … - Jake Heggie
I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I feel comfortable and confident and I get to …
There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed. - Jake Heggie
There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.
We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few hundred years and i… - Jake Heggie
We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few hundred years and i…
I look for stories that tell transformative, emotional journeys, have big emotional worlds, feel very relevant and true to the times we're living in … - Jake Heggie
I look for stories that tell transformative, emotional journeys, have big emotional worlds, feel very relevant and true to the times we're living in …
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