We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

You need to love what youre doing.

Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.

I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.

The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.