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Opera is really fun.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it.

I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like the fact that opera is seen as elitist and all black ties and that stuff.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk like you're in an opera! You have to make it real. You have to just be there.