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I'm not very glamorous.

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

I'm just a normal person. It's not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

I'm by no means an opera buff.

I'm really not good at dressing up and being glamorous.

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

I don't have to be glamorous all the time.