When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

- 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.

- Bruce Beresford

For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.

- 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…

- Bruce Beresford

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

- 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…

- 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…

- Bruce Beresford

I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.

- Bruce Beresford

Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.

- Bruce Beresford