Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.

  • -- Kenneth Clark 克拉克

歌剧,仅次于哥特式建筑,是西方人类最奇怪的发明之一。这是任何逻辑过程都无法预见的。

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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 as though I didn't know it.

如果你把歌剧当作某种总是以某种方式进行的东西来对待,这就是你所得到的。我走近一部歌剧,好像我不知道似的。

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.

我打算进入建筑行业。但是当我到达的时候,建筑被填满了。表演就在旁边,所以我选择了表演。

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.

我家的每个人都是艺术家。我父母都是画家,我妈妈是歌剧演员。我从未被告知有其他方式来处理生活。

Architecture in general is frozen music.

建筑一般是凝固的音乐。