“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
“Miss Petrowska,an excellent pianist, held the audience transfixed with Chou Wen-chung’s work. Miss Petrowska was coolness itself in getting the hardware into the piano and out again…in Messiaen, a feeling for the music’s reverent sobriety combined to produce an absorbing performance.” FeelingsAudienceMissingProducePerformancesExcellentPianoSobrietyAbsorbingPianistHardwareCoolness Author:Donal Henahan
“Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience.” LittlesStillsSongSpaceAudienceSpecialEffectsProduceEmotionalDepthPopsArtisticConcertsVocabularySpecial EffectsPop SongCatchyRapportOverkill Author:Camille Paglia
“Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.” WritingHomeNightActorsAudienceProduceDirectVoteMovieSatisfyingEvery Night Author:Elayne Boosler