“Throughout my life, opera and song have saved me again and again by opening up perspective, dialogue, empathy and understanding. It’s why I continue to pursue this mad career: possibility and community through music. After my father’s suicide when I was 10, music was there for me. Through the AIDS crisis and coming out, it was there for me. Through peace, war and social unrest, it is there for me – there for all of us – to help us find our own voice in the midst of a chorus.”