Though she has acquired a taste for classical music over the years—“it’s like learning to appreciate a stinky cheese”—she’s been a not-always-delighted captive audience for many of my marathon rehearsals.
One of my earliest memories is watching the opera “Madame Butterfly” with my mum, da, and mum’s parents and crying my eyes out. I was taken to operas, ballets, symphonies, plays…my family loves culture. I like basically every type of music. And I rap. One of the accompaniments I’m proudest of is laying down Eminem’s “Rap God” in one take.
