Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?