Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.

When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.

It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.