Directing An Opera Is Similar To Directing

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 That The Best Performance Was Often Left In A Rehearsal Room.

There Were Movies That Always Made Me Want To Be A Director. You See Brilliant Scenes And The Way The Emotions Were Handled. I Thought, I'd Really Like To Do That.

The Number Of Opera Houses Around The World And The High Attendance Rates Show That Opera An Art Form That Is More Popular Than Ever.

I Thought, This Is Fabulous. It Sent Shivers Up My Spine. I Thought, What Kinds Of People Are These That Would Produce This Kind Of Music In A Camp? All The Prison Camp Stories I've Seen, And Heard Of, Were About The Heroism Of Men. As I Researched This And Heard The Music, I Realized That Women Were Heroic Too, On Just As Grand A Scale. And Their Treatment Was Just As Appalling.