I'm Not Exactly An Angry Young Person.

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.

So Much Can Be Gained From Watching Other Singers, Seeing What They Do And What They Don't Do, Seeing How They Look When They Breathe, How Wide They Open Their Mouths For A High Note.

A Lot Of Performers Don't Want To Leave The Circuit, The European Opera House Circuit, Partly Because Most Singers Don't Sing Many Concerts, Or At Least Not While They Are In Their Prime.

No Voice Teacher Can Be All Things To All People. You Have To Gain Information From Whatever Sources You Can. You Have To Listen.

In A Sense, It's Less About Seeing How High Up I Can Vault Than About Seeing How Deeply I Can Explore My Potential...ambition For Me Is About The Willingness To Work, The Ability To Mine My Own Soul Fearlessly.