“I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.” WritingStoriesVoiceOperaTelling Stories Author:Anthony Davis
“I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.” IfsWritingYearsLongEnoughSeemsFourThirdsFinishedOpera Author:Virgil Thomson
“Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose is chaste and lyrical without being self- conscious: it is a relief to encounter writing as quietly stylish as this. I was not totally convinced by Lurie's musical abilities, with regard to his proposed opera, but that is my sole complaint.” WritingSelfStoriesAbilityConsciousConcernedRegardMalesMusicalConvincedFleshEncountersProseReliefSubtleOperaSoleComplaintsDisgraceSelf ConsciousLyricalChasteStylishMusical AbilityCoetzee Author:Paul Bailey