Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed. Gian Carlo Menotti dream hope destroy Change image and share on social
I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex. Gian Carlo Menotti suffer complex work Change image and share on social
God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that. Gian Carlo Menotti gift simple god Change image and share on social
At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed. Gian Carlo Menotti bathroom child watch Change image and share on social
It takes a Bobby White to make a tired 90-year-old composer write a song about love. Gian Carlo Menotti make year love Change image and share on social
One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.' Gian Carlo Menotti compete christmas impression Change image and share on social
The only thing that interests me in music is to be able to reach into the, let's call it, 'collective unconscious' of what is noblest in the human spirit, the way you find in the music of Mozart and Beethoven and Verdi that wonderful quality that not a note can be changed. Gian Carlo Menotti reach change spirit share on social
It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it always looks better five years later. Gian Carlo Menotti hate critic year Change image and share on social
Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group. Gian Carlo Menotti university theater sudden Change image and share on social
It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much wider audience if given like a play with lots of rehearsals and wonderful singers that fit the role. Gian Carlo Menotti wide rehearsal pay share on social
