The point is that I am such a big fan of Puccini and that Butterfly is the most difficult and complete role that you can imagine. Just to sing it with a good voice is not enough: it asks tears from your soul. I am very emotional on stage, and the music is so tender that I suffer for real when I am singing it. So I cannot do many performances.

You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.

Someone was always trying to put down my individuality and personality, making me sing Mozart arias that were nothing to do with me.

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