I'm Not A Reactionary.

I Want To Get Out Of The Major Opera Houses.

My Mother Was The Worst Kind Of Stage Mother. She Would Make Me And My Younger Sister And Brother Little Duckling Costumes And Put Us In Kiddie Shows.

I Have A Noble History Of Being Rejected By A Lot Of Places, Only To Discover That The One That Finally Lets Me In Is In Fact The Perfect Fit.

I Was Constantly Being Pushed Toward A European Ideal Of What It Means To Be A Classical Or Opera Singer, Let's Say In The Renata Tebaldi Mode. I Reject That.

I Cannot Imagine A More Satisfying Calling Than My Own: Beauty, Humanity, And History Every Day, Combined With The Cathartic Joy Of Singing.