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...after St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys had introduced him as a promising if lightweight young American director (and before Batman Forever sealed his place in the upper reaches of the Hollywood hierarchy), Schumacher decided to see Broadway's newest hit, The Phantom of the Opera. Even before he got the chance, Andrew Lloyd Webber, its composer, called him and mentioned that he wanted to bring the play to the big screen. "Every director in Hollywood wanted to do it," Schumacher recalls. "Because this was already the biggest show in the world." Then...
Oddly enough I have composed. I took A.P. Music in high school, which involves a fair amount of writing, and I wrote a short opera with a friend for the class. Fortunately for the general public, I would never perform my own work outside of the classroom. I think my interest in music lies primarily in interpretation, not creation...
...ability to perform opera is a rare skill set for young singers today. What draws you to sing opera, in particular...
Well, whether or not I have the ability to perform opera is up for debate. What draws me to opera though, as unromantic as it sounds, is that I am entirely indiscriminate in my choice of music and opera just happens to be where my voice lies most comfortably. If I could sing like Ella Fitzgerald, I’d probably sing more jazz. Opera’s just sort of my biological calling...
What was it like to have someone like Knafel Professor of Music Thomas F. Kelley, who is so accustomed to teaching about and intimately familiar with the authentic L’Orfeo opera, play a main role in the staging of this production? Was there a great deal of attention paid to detail...