"I was very anxious that it should stand on its own as an opera, not just a play set to music," he said between rehearsals.

We would have Indian food and snack between rehearsals.

"Cesca has a wonderful ability to bring everybody onto the same page," he said between rehearsals.

"I don't want to be a party member," he said between rehearsals recently.

"That is what gave me the potential to write this music," he said through a translator during an interview between rehearsals.

Ms. Jones said recently between rehearsals, during an interview with the three collaborators.

Caught by telephone between rehearsals in San Francisco, he could only agree.

"A spectacle is a good investment," he said quietly between recent rehearsals at the Met.

She was home tutored between rehearsals and the start of the tour.

What did you really see between interviews, rehearsals, performances, and packing?