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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. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Gift

Experience

Mother

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University

" 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. "

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

" Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age. "

" 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. "

" Opera tells stories that all ages can relate to: love, death, revenge, etc. "

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Funny

Stuff

" I tell young singers not to listen to themselves. What I hear is not what you hear. "

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

" I always think of my father when I sing arias about loss and love and longing. It gave me that definite deep sorrow that one can only get from life experience, you know? "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Father

Love

" 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. "

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Proud

Myself

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Roots

Values

" I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Just

Sing

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Side

Love

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Medicine

Voice

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Walking

Voice

" 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. "

" We live in a very disposable society, and people want everything right away, but unfortunately, vocal technique doesn't come overnight. "