Placido: I loved working with Spiro because he has the totality of colors in his performing palette. He is a singer of wonderful imagination and a real professional.
Placido: I want to do more commissions and the very important second and third productions of new works - giving them the life that will bring them into the standard repertoire.
Placido: Francesca's productions are always beautifully balanced between the intimacy of the characters and the sweep of the epic, and I think that she will use the symbols of America brilliantly.