Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.
He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
I was an elementary school teacher.
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
I want to be famous everywhere.
I am open to everything.
For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.
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.
It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.