Kristine Opolais : (2) " Someone was always trying to put down my individuality and personality, making me sing Mozart arias that were nothing to do with me. " - Kristine Opolais " I wrote my own pop songs and sang one of them when I went into a stupid beauty competition when I was 16. That was my public debut, and it made my mother even more determined that I should go into opera! " - Kristine Opolais