I didn't really chart things out, career-wise.

I feel like I've been blessed.

I haven't read a single word that a critic has written about me since 1994.

Life is too short to do anything that's not challenging.

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years.