'Do you want me to look like [expletive] Groucho Marx?': Maggie Smith, Joan Sutherland, Angela Gheorghiu & David Bowie: All The Primadonnas of Peter J. Hall's Career

"These days," sniffs Hall, "it's the fashion to do opera in bluejeans and tank tops. This cheats the public. You have to listen to the music and what it says to you. It is certainly not saying 'bluejeans and tank tops.' "

Maestro of costume design Peter J. Hall (actually, where's his knighthood?) shares the secrets of his 60+ years long, extraordinary international career.