I think that a national audience would take note if such a marvelous facility were in trouble.

There are very, very few companies that can boast of a balanced budget year after year without interruption.

There was a moment in time when Boston really did not have any opera. This rapid growth is really a response to a vacuum that existed.

I think it has created an excitement for opera that will produce growing audiences. Nationally, it is important that operas have robust partners across the country to join in productions. That will mean Denver audiences will see some leading productions that have been produced in other places.

The first thing I did was look at Coach, worried that I was going to get in trouble for it. I thought, 'I guess that's going to come out of the school's budget.' I know that's something that I've dreamed about on plenty of occasions.

We're still a little tired from this weekend and we had some trouble getting going. But once things did get going it made it a lot easier.