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“It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.”

Quote by Carlisle Floyd

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Carlisle Floyd, born on June 11, 1926, is a renowned American opera composer. His works are known for their profound exploration of human nature and unique musical style, significantly influencing the development of American opera in the 20th century. more

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“It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.”

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“It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story.”

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“Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.”

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“Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.”

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“Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.”

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“Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.”

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“People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.”

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“The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.”

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Author:Carlisle Floyd

“The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.”

Men Want Stories Destroyed Demon Fascinated Starks Tackling Personal Demons

Author:Carlisle Floyd

“The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.”

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Author:Carlisle Floyd