To Tell You The Truth,

I Performed In Sydney Some Years Ago For The Sydney Festival And I Am Just So Pleased To Be Returning To The Wonderful Sydney Opera House And Also Performing In Melbourne For The First Time.

To Tell You The Truth, I Never Listen To Opera At Home.

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.

My Mum Used To Say To Me, 'spit On Yer 'ands And Take A Fresh 'old.' Keep Going Even If You Have Setbacks.

Nobody Inspired Me More Than Julie Andrews, Who Is A Classically Trained Soprano Herself.