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I would love to sing opera.

I love to conduct opera.

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while.

To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.