I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I feel comfortable and confident and I get to explore these big human stories and dramas and… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few hundred years and in different forms before that. There is great passion regardless of the fact… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
I look for stories that tell transformative, emotional journeys, have big emotional worlds, feel very relevant and true to the times we're living in… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed. — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
