When The Music And The Characters Are

I Thought, This Is Fabulous. It Sent Shivers Up My Spine. I Thought, What Kinds Of People Are These That Would Produce This Kind Of Music In A Camp? All The Prison Camp Stories I've Seen, And Heard Of, Were About The Heroism Of Men. As I Researched This And Heard The Music, I Realized That Women Were Heroic Too, On Just As Grand A Scale. And Their Treatment Was Just As Appalling.

In Australia, They Set Up A Special Fund To Kick Films Off. It Was Quite An Enlightened Sort Of Move. You Could Go To This Government Bureau With Scripts And And Get Finance For Films.

With Cold Sassy Tree Having Its First Production, I Saw No Necessity To Do Anything Other Than Produce It With The Correct Setting.

It Is Essential To Do Everything Possible To Attract Young People To Opera So They Can See That It Is Not Some Antiquated Art Form But A Repository Of The Most Glorious Music And Drama That Man Has Created.

For A Director, The Most Challenging Scenes Are The Dialogue Scenes.