I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards a kind of television kind of opera. — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid. — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
“I don't think there's any heroism anymore. The heroism has to be created out of the medium itself. Going back to the idea of… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
If a piece of music is under three minutes long, it's rock. Over three minutes, it's classical. — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
Opera on television in Europe is very important. If you think about it in the broadest sense: a lot of the dramas made in… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
