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" I walk around the house in my pajamas all day if I want to. "
Sondra Radvanovsky
Want
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" When I was 11 years old, I wanted to sing Tosca. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Artists shouldn't deal with business stuff; that's not what we're trained in, and most of us aren't good at it. "
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" You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera. "
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" If I can transport audiences for the three or four hours they're at the opera, to make them forget all of their worries, the bills they have to pay and all that, then I've done my job. That, for me, is very gratifying. "
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" 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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" I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny. "
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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 tell young singers not to listen to themselves. What I hear is not what you hear. "
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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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" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "
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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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" Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy. "
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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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" Opera - above and beyond anything else - is about the music, and it should be about the music. "
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" I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing. "
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" And if I don't sing, I don't get paid. "
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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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" 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? "
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" Singing bel canto is like walking on a tightrope - especially with a larger voice like mine. "
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" I am so proud to call myself Canadian! Thank you, Canada, for welcoming me with open arms! "
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" When I teach master classes, I tell young singers if the foundation isn't good, the house will crumble. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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