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" When I was 11 years old, I wanted to sing Tosca. "
Sondra Radvanovsky
Old
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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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" 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 walk around the house in my pajamas all day if I want to. "
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" Opera tells stories that all ages can relate to: love, death, revenge, etc. "
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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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" Singing bel canto is like walking on a tightrope - especially with a larger voice like mine. "
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" I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too. "
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" After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.' "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I am so proud to call myself Canadian! Thank you, Canada, for welcoming me with open arms! "
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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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" You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing. "
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" For me, bel canto is medicine for the voice. "
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" I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny. "
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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 tell young singers not to listen to themselves. What I hear is not what you hear. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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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