Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.
I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.
My soap operas have been seen by a billion people all around the world.
Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.
I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.
After 'Spelling Bee,' I started landing more jobs... I got 'Candide' at New York City Opera.
It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.
The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues.
When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.
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.
I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.
Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group.
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.
Soaps taught me the fundamentals of the game. You know, how to show up, hit your mark, how to be on time. That soap opera world is a microcosm of the entertainment culture.
I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher kind of geared me more towards opera.
I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.
I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.
I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.
