I'll do anything to make her happy.

She wanted a master teacher, I put aside everything else to become one for her: in every student I teach, I teach her.

She wanted to be free and independent: I gladly work two jobs to fulfil her wish and I am buying her a new car this month.

She wanted new operas written: I had my Conservatory students write one that will be performed tomorrow, July 6, on her birthday, as part of their final exam of my course (I'll tell you more about it asap - it's too cool to be true and it's just the beginning).

She wanted people to perform the old works properly, too: so I'll teach them how to do it -for her- gladly sending into oblivion all the bigotry, stupidity, resistance, ungratefulness, humiliation, greed, corruption, unawareness and narcissistic singing and thinking I find on the way.

She, is my goal. My love for her, is my forever goal.

The rest must level up or go - period.

Happy Birthday, sweetest of creatures.

Thank you for not leaving me in spite of everything.

I - whomever and whatever I am (and I don't know, for I don't care) -

MUST have done something good to come here as your beautiful self.

Allow me the chance to keep learning,

through every experience and every student I teach,

how to love you, appreciate you, become you,

every single day more and better,

for many, many years to come.

Your Maestra forever.

“extremely good at this” (Graham Vick)

"a fantastic coach, extremely helpful for young singers as well as experienced ones" (Barbara Hannigan)

“bringing the language, the music and the characters to life” (Paul Nilon)

“the foundation of a role” (Jennifer Rowley)

“magic conjunction of vocal technique, musical interpretation and building of the character: a radical rethink of the act of singing” (Anna Piroli)

“her incredible breadth of knowledge makes me feel entirely prepared” (Heather Lowe)

“magic effect on the voice and our art form” (Jessica Harper)

“opened up my voice, and a world” (Giulia Zaniboni)

“180° turn in my work with the singers” (Theophilos Lambrianidis)

"like four professionals in one" (Yiselle Blum)

“invaluable: she’ll make a role really succeed on stage” (Ariadne Greif)

“potentially life-changing” (Amy Payne)

“brings life to operatic drama” (Maria Sanner)

“enlightening, professionally and humanly” (Clara La Licata)

“thoroughly prepared and professional” (Marie Kuijken)

“truly unique method and insights” (Jasmine Law)

“a lingual and linguistic genius” (Peter Tantsits)

“entirely devoted to the art of Opera singing” (Ida Falk Winland)

“incredibly informed, consistent, knowledgeable” (Michael Corvino)

“carrying the torch of finest Italian Opera” (Nathaniel Kondrat)

“a crucial basis for all the singers” (David Cowan)

“a cure and a respect of the Music and the words’ musicality that can be learnt so deeply nowhere else in the world” (Matilde Bianchi)

"an unconventional guardian angel"

(Giulia Ferraldeschi)