It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love