One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. ↗
I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air. ↗
It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working. ↗