While They Are Kids, My Children Must

Opera Singing Is In Every Way Of Inestimable Value; A Real Heritage For All Mankind That Has Been Reached Over Centuries Of Studies, Attempts, Flights Of The Spirit.

What Is Certain Is That Singing Is Not Merely Modulating A Song By Means Of The Voice: We Sing And We Celebrate The Beauty That We Can Grow And Live Every Day. If You Want To Sing And Give Emotions To Those Who Are Listening, You Must Have Something To Tell Through Your Singing; You Have To Use Singing Like An Instrument To Tell Something.

Probably The First Time I Left Italy Was To Travel By Train To Lourdes. I Went With My Mother And My Grandmother - Who Was A Very Religious Person - So It Was A Pilgrimage Of Sorts. I Remember It As A Very Intense, But Beautiful Experience.

I Loved Riding Bikes And Horses. I Was Eight When I Started Having Lessons, And When My Father Bought Me My Own Horse I Couldn't Wait To Go Off On My Own.

I Was Overcome With Happiness, Love, And Tenderness ... Right After He Was Washed, I Studied Him With My Hands: His Downy Little Head, His Little Nose, Everything On The Tiny Body.