pˈeɪp stˈeɪɾᵻd ðæt ɪn hɪz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl kˈɑːmɛnt “hiː wʌz ɐtˈɛmptɪŋ tə mˌeɪk ɐ stˈeɪtmənt ɐbˌaʊt wʌt hiː fˈiːl ˈɛs ɑːɹ sˈʌmtaɪmz pɚfˈoːɹmətˌɪv ˈækʃənz baɪ ˈɑːpɚɹə hˈaʊzᵻz“.
Pape stated that in his original comment “[he] was attempting to make a statement about what [he] feel[s] are sometimes performative actions by opera houses“.