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Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.

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

Character, Emotional, Force, Match, Play, Plays
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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.

Art, Drama, Everything, Man, Music

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.

Heroic, Heroism, Men, People, Researched

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 characters they are portraying.

Character, Portraying, Singers, Sounding, Wonderful

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.

Ideas, Long, Rehearse, Theatre, Thought

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

Director, Directors, Film, Fragments, Moments
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