“What people don’t know, what people who spend time sort of, like, gossiping about a role might not know, is that, I mean, once you get onto the audition stage, you are just like everybody else; it’s what you do vocally and what you do as an artist that gets you the job or not.… Really, they want to see talent. Talent trumps everything.”

Yes, La Cieca realizes that’s a little hard to follow, but shouldn’t we be a little tolerant? Let’s recall that Danielle de Niese is Australian, so it’s not like English is her first language. [NY Observer]