In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

I was an elementary school teacher.

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