Some Singers Want The Audience

I Was An Elementary School Teacher.

You Never Know What Little Bundle Of Encouragements Artists Carry Around With Them, What Little Pats On The Back From What Hands, What Newspaper Clipping, What Word Of Hope From What Teacher. I Suppose The So-called Faith In Ourselves Is The Foundation Of Our Talent, But I Am Sure These Encouragements Are The Mortar That Holds It Together.

As An Art Form, Opera Is A Rare And Remarkable Creation. For Me, It Expresses Aspects Of The Human Drama That Cannot Be Expressed In Any Other Way, Or Certainly Not As Beautifully.

Above All, I Am An Opera Singer. This Is How People Will Remember Me.

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.