Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

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.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

It's important that the art forms communicate, whether it's the dance program with the jazz program or the classical program with the opera program, that these conversations becomes fluid.