I've Always Been On The Side Of

I Live For My Children, So My Number One Rule Is I Won't Go Away From Home For More Than Two Weeks.

I Have Always Felt An Excellent Rapport Ever Since My Very First Concert In Britain At Hampton Court. I Have Always Felt Understood. The British Understand Opera Very Well.

I Like Reading... French, Russian Classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I Also Like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

The Activity Of A Singer That Sings Opera Is Similar To That Of An Athlete.

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.