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" HD is not forgiving. Once you see your face for the first time in a movie cinema, you run straight to the gym. "
Sondra Radvanovsky
Time
You
Cinema
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" You have to be in tune with your body and know when your body is saying, 'That's enough, you're done for the day.' If you over-fatigue and are totally stressed, you get sick. And if I get sick, I can't work. "
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" Temperament can really take a toll on the voice. If you get tight in your body with the acting, then you can get tight in your voice. And then you can get tired, and you can damage yourself vocally. "
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" I'm going to the gym and really taking care of myself and trying to stay fit, eating properly. "
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" Singing bel canto is like walking on a tightrope - especially with a larger voice like mine. "
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" Even when I'm not onstage singing, there's always music going on in my head. It's a curse and a blessing in a way - it's sitting in bed at night, trying to go to sleep, while the music keeps playing in your head - especially when you're trying to learn something new and you're trying to memorize it and get everything. "
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" I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian. "
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" I think Chicagoans have a great set of values. You know what I mean? Kindness. Morals. Ethics. People in Chicago do the right thing. If somebody falls on the street, someone will actually stop and help them up. That doesn't happen in certain other cities. "
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" I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny. "
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" I would have to say that my very first encounter with the arts was when my mother bought me my first record player when I was six years old as well as a Karen Carpenter record. "
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Old
Arts
" The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up. "
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You
" Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age. "
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" And if I don't sing, I don't get paid. "
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" People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete. "
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Athlete
Eating
" Opera tells stories that all ages can relate to: love, death, revenge, etc. "
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" I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too. "
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" I absolutely love Canada, and I wouldn't live anywhere else. It's half American and half European, and I really enjoy that. And the people are just fantastic - nicer than any people in the world. "
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" For sure, one moment really defined the path that I was to take in the future, and that was when I won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York in April of 1995. I had just turned 25 two days before the finals concert, and when I won, I had no idea how my life would change because of it. "
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New
Moment
Life
" After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.' "
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Turn
Would
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" I perform in opera houses in the centres of big cities. We live in 20 acres of forest. You need that space to recover and renew. "
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" You go to the gym to make sure you have the stamina to breathe in the corsets. "
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" I think the power of opera has been shifted from the music to the director, because this is a very visual age that we live in. "
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" I have the best job in the whole world because I get paid to do something I love. How many people do you know who can say that? "
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" It's the worst feeling, coming back after a performance when you are on a real high, and you go back alone to an apartment or a hotel room. People think we sit in hotels and eat bon bons. But the lifestyle can be very stressful. "
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" I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing. "
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" We live in a very disposable society, and people want everything right away, but unfortunately, vocal technique doesn't come overnight. "
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" When I was signing up for the University of Southern California's music program, I flipped a coin to decide my major. If it came up heads, it would be flute - tails would be voice. "
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" Opera - above and beyond anything else - is about the music, and it should be about the music. "
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" I guess my first professional experience was when my church choir director told my mother that I had a gift with my voice and said that I should think about auditioning, at 11 years old, for the chorus of our regional opera company. "
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" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "
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