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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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: June 18, 1790 Death: November 17, 1856 |
“I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make.”
“Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done.”