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

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

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Opera is really fun.

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world.

What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.