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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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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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" 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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" 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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" Opera - above and beyond anything else - is about the music, and it should be about the music. "

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

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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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" 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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" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "

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

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

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

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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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" 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 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

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

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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. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

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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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" 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. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

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

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