"Anthony Tommasini, "An Appraisal: A Master of Italian Operatic Artistry", The New York Times, 6 September 2007"

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“Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.”

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“I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.”

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