We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range. John Eaton Read Quote
It’s music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world. John Eaton Read Quote
However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults. John Eaton Read Quote
Nevertheless, one doesn’t have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat. John Eaton Read Quote
If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it’s all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. John Eaton Read Quote
I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on. John Eaton Read Quote
Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I’ve never been much of a theorist. John Eaton Read Quote
In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed. John Eaton Read Quote
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that. John Eaton Read Quote
