The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors.

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

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

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.

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.

The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music-the power of music-the music will support you and take you to another dimension.