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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. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

I Can

Job

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

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Medicine

Voice

" 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. "

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

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

" 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? "

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

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Walking

Voice

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Proud

Myself

" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

Roots

Values

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

Side

Love

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "