"In my opinion, an opera singer has a rightful claim to recognition as an artist only when it can be said that he has personalized the original composition by placing his own stamp on it. I look back with fondness and warmest appreciation at the moments when the live-recordings which form this collection were created during the period from 1978 to 2007. The aura of being a Mozart-Tenor accompanied me from the beginning of my career and was a pre-requisite to my eventual crowning achievements as observed in my performance in the roles of Tamino and Belmonte, to entering artistic knighthood as bestowed upon me by Herbert von Karajan and Karl Böhm and finally, to reaching the apex of my career for the celebrity year of Mozart 1991 with highlight performances." Francisco Araiza