Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.