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John Eaton

"I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on."

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"I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on."
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"The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz."
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"It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples."
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"Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat."
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"If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part."
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"I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that."
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"In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed."
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"Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it."
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"Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers."
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