Opera
- Robert Ashley – Balseros
- Marc Blitzstein – Regina
- Antonio Braga – San Domenico di Guzman
- Michael Daugherty – Jackie O
- Daron Hagen – Vera of Las Vegas
- Peter Lieberson – Ashoka's Dream
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – Aleksis Kivi
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Famous quotes containing the word opera:
“I have witnessed, and greatly enjoyed, the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that one act was quite sufficient; whenever I have witnessed two acts I have gone away physically exhausted; and whenever I have ventured an entire opera the result has been the next thing to suicide.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
—Billie Burke (1885–1970)
“The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.”
—Maria Jeritza (1887–1982)