“The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.” KnowsTalkingAudienceTunesOperaRefrain Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“Opera Australia has a mix - it produces new work, it produces from the classical repertoire and, particularly in more recent years, it's done those blockbuster musicals which are very lucrative for it and reach an audience that classic opera or a new opera perhaps wouldn't reach, like South Pacific for example.” YearsDoneAudienceExampleProduceSouthClassicAustraliaWorking ItOperaPacificBlockbusterNew Work Author:George Brandis
“I think the joy of any soap opera is it is always there. You are allowed into this world for a little while and it's safe in that you are watching other people go through some troubles rather than yourself. It's there every night, and there is something special about that sort of terrestrial television experience for a mass audience.” PeopleThinkingWorldLittlesJoyNightAudienceTroubleSpecialThis WorldTelevisionSafeMassOperaEvery NightSoapSomething SpecialSoap Operas Author:Amanda Donohoe
“Why does one never hear of government funding for the preservation and encouragement of comic strips, girlie magazines and TV soap operas? Because these genres still hold the audience they were created to amuse and instruct.” DoeStillsGovernmentAudienceTvsEncouragementMagazinesComicGenreOperaPreservationSoapFundingSoap OperasComic StripsGovernment Funding Author:John Updike
“There's the beauty of the stage. I don't like filmed theater or opera because you're kind of playing soccer in a hockey game. Either or, they don't do justice to the media and you end up with a hybrid that is purely sensationalistic. Opera is a very theatrical medium that should be seen on a stage with the musicians in the pit in the audience.” ShouldKindEndsGamesJusticeAudienceStageMediaMusicianTheaterMediumsSoccerHockeyOperaPitsTheatricalHybridEither OrPlaying Soccer Author:Christoph Waltz
“I fell in love with the classical crossover genre when I was on AGT. I found out that I could use the microphone to establish a deeper intimacy with the audience. I did not portray an opera character; I was my true self. I would sing a four-to-five minute piece for the audience and then I could talk to them and say "Hi" to them! I would not need to act out scenes where my character was dying from tuberculosis or killing somebody else on stage, I could have a nice conversation with them.” NeedsSelfCharacterUseFoundAudienceFivePiecesFourNiceMinutesStageDyingSceneConversationKillingDeeperIntimacyGenreOperaTrue SelfFive MinutesMicrophonesTuberculosisCrossover Author:Barbara Padilla
“Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.” WorldStillsAudiencePerformancesAround The WorldOperaPopularity Author:Bruce Beresford
“There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same time, so if somebody tells me that this is a movie about retired opera singers, you think 'maybe I'll wait for it to come to DVD'. You're not rushing off to see it.” IfsThinkingTryingWaitingAudienceSingersOperaRetiredRushingDvdsOpera Singers Author:Dustin Hoffman