Copeland was flanked by his wife, Sonja Kristina, a singer and actress, who flew in from their home outside London, and his mother Lorraine Copeland, and archaeologist, who came from Leith, Scotland. I'll write another anyway. In a speech at the dinner, Copeland thanked Clevelanders for their support. Bamberger said Cleveland Opera sold more tickets for Copeland's opera than any other grand opera the company has produced. We have an adrenal deficiency that forces us to do things that we don't need to.
Normal people are happy doing what they do, living nice safe lives with acceptable adrenal levels.
What people forget, when they try and shoot us down, is that we have no choice. We either stick out our necks or we die. Reviewers came from across the country - Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Time magazine, Variety, Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Toronto Star, and Pittsburgh Press. The opera will be heard on National Public Radio next month and will be produced by the Fort Worth, Texas opera company in 1991.