The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share Image
That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
The secret of living is to find people who will pay you money to do what YOU would pay to do if you had… — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera… — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
We must continuously discipline ourselves to I remember how it felt the first moment. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies from season to season. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you… — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the… — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share
