Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.

  • -- Carlisle Floyd 卡莱尔·弗洛伊德

和其他歌剧作曲家一样,我选择一个主题不是为了争论,而是因为它包含了在高度紧张的戏剧场景中生动的人物。

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You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too. You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I'm not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can't come back.

你总是在一天结束的时候带回来一点。我也总是把自己的一部分融入角色中。你会发现相似点,连接点,诸如此类的东西。但我不是一个演员,我的角色让我难以置信的困扰,我不能回来。

When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading.

当我写作的时候,我是脚踏实地的,我的角色也是脚踏实地的。

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

我很在乎风格。我确实在乎,但我只在乎为主题服务的风格。

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

背叛……是我最喜欢的科目。