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On collaborators
Date: 6/29/2010 By Anne Midgette (posted by FWO)
On collaborators
"My recent piece on American opera, and some of the ensuing discussions, led to some thoughts about artistic collaborations. It’s a theme that’s always topical in opera, which depends on the joint work of a librettist, composer, director, set designer, singer, conductor, etc. Ideally, what happens in a collaboration is a dialogue between two or more artists from different fields: it pushes them beyond their comfort zones, shows them new ways to look at things, and helps create a work that none ever would have come up with on his or her own..." READ MORE HERE
Date: 6/29/2010 By Anne Midgette (posted by FWO)
On collaborators
"My recent piece on American opera, and some of the ensuing discussions, led to some thoughts about artistic collaborations. It’s a theme that’s always topical in opera, which depends on the joint work of a librettist, composer, director, set designer, singer, conductor, etc. Ideally, what happens in a collaboration is a dialogue between two or more artists from different fields: it pushes them beyond their comfort zones, shows them new ways to look at things, and helps create a work that none ever would have come up with on his or her own..." READ MORE HERE
