What is sad is not to be able to do today what you have done in your youth. But what is good is to remember that - when you were able - you did it to the best of your ability.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

The high note is not the only thing.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.