If you get the taste of it, you will fall in love and will protect the love of opera as a gift of life. I met aged people, who could already hardly remember some parts of their own life, but could perfectly recall their favourite opera arias. From the stage I see every day really sober people whose faces turn into a childlike delight after the first tact of a Mozart aria. Who knows how it works, but the spirit of opera is alive and brings joy and relieve into the life of millions. I am biased and I hope I will remain biased until the end of my life.