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Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

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.

Opera is really fun.

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

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.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

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

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

I want to get out of the major opera houses.