I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.

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

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.

The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.

When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.

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