Antonio Pappano
You’re not just conducting notes; you’re conducting words.
– Antonio Pappano, Interview, The New York Times (republished by Artdaily), September 2024
Themes: craft, music, poetry | Art form: Opera
More quotes by Antonio Pappano
- I try to find the drama in any kind of music.
- We're hardworking people in this place, producing something that is at once entertaining and fulfilling and beautiful.
- You can't just throw spaghetti at the wall, that's not the answer. It's a high refinement, along with theatricality and panache and temperament and colour.
- There's a reason why theatres are built in this horseshoe shape. It's an embracing of what is going on on the stage.
- These pieces talk about an ardour, a passion and perseverance against terrifying obstacles, which is a life lesson as far as I'm concerned.