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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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" 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? "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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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. "

" Artists shouldn't deal with business stuff; that's not what we're trained in, and most of us aren't good at it. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Business

Deal

" I walk around the house in my pajamas all day if I want to. "

" You go to the gym to make sure you have the stamina to breathe in the corsets. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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You

" People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete. "

" Singing bel canto is like walking on a tightrope - especially with a larger voice like mine. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Walking

Voice

" I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian. "

" When you do a 'messa di voce,' that means you start soft, you crescendo into loud - and then you go back to soft again. Some people call it circus tricks, but in bel canto, it's really written into the music. "

" You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera. "

" Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy. "

" After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.' "

" 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. "

" What if you didn't have education for sports? People with a natural inclination for sports, athletes without any kind of education, without any kind of training, they would just be couch athletes instead of the world class Olympians that we have. "

" 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. "

" HD is not forgiving. Once you see your face for the first time in a movie cinema, you run straight to the gym. "

" I love the tragic side. I don't do 'happy' onstage. I like the dark, the disturbed. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Side

Love

" The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Warm

You

" 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. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Music

University

" For me, bel canto is medicine for the voice. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Medicine

Voice

" I am so proud to call myself Canadian! Thank you, Canada, for welcoming me with open arms! "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Proud

Myself

" 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. "

" When I am on the opera stage, I am playing someone else. In recitals, I even have the chance to talk to the audience, which is something you don't get to do in opera. "

" When I was 11 years old, I wanted to sing Tosca. "

" And if I don't sing, I don't get paid. "

" 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. "

" Temperament and tightness often go together. But if you're tight, you can't sing. So I have to have that tension in my body but not in my voice. "

" I'm going to the gym and really taking care of myself and trying to stay fit, eating properly. "

" 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. "

" I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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