It was a big deal for this area to have an internationally renowned opera singer here.

They often said the years they spent in Dothan were the best of their lives. They had lived in many different places and done many things but they really loved this area and its people.

But I never aspired to be a soap opera star. I always wanted to do good dramatic roles on TV and in the movies.

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

everything from blues to opera!