“I like hearing her voice and seeing her costumes,” Alison said. “And she’s a real nice girl.”

You gotta love this article. And you gotta love Joyce DiDonato (not only a fabulous opera singer, but a wonderful blogger as well) for meeting with the young’un … and sharing her shoes!

And you gotta gotta gotta love Alison:

“I stayed awake, but it was really hard. It was past our bedtime.”

Update

Ms. DiDonato now has blogged about the event, and includes a sweet picture. With her red shoes.