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Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

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

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

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

I love to conduct opera.

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many varieties, and it helps to inform you about what you like when you see a lot.

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.