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I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

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

I love to conduct opera.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer.

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.

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 started out doing musicals.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.