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This paper sets out to examine the importance and virtues of non-musical elements in operatic performance. By identifying expressive gestures in the artistic interpretation of two famous pieces, this study also explores the prevalence of the type of information (auditory or visual) that can determine the evaluation not only of an artistic interpretation but also of an entire musical performance.

Abstract
The paper explores the evolutions and realities of institutional "Quality Culture" (QC) and unpicks blurred definitions of QC that are to determine whether it has a valid voice in the modern quality assurance vernacular. The authors question whether QC is a practical and achievable goal, or if it is little less than a theoretical conceptual buzz-term that ignores the realities of existing impregnable structures or individual malaise barring real progress towards a process of quality enhancement. It queries whether a QC is equally achievable in the private sector and public sectors. Taking a tertiary educational institution and a cultural institution (opera company) as examples, the authors demonstrate how a culture of quality can be bread via a process that is at once both systematic and organic, individual and inclusive, guided yet self-monitored.