Bernarda Plavec, sopran "I am lost to the world with which I used to waste so much time. It has heard nothing from me for so long that it may very well believe that I am dead. It is of no consequence to me whether it thinks me dead; I cannot deny it for I really am dead to the world. I am dead to the world's tumult and I rest in a quiet realm. I live alone in my heaven. In my love. And in my song." (Gustav Mahler, Rückertlieder)