American - Musician | April 11, 1969 -
I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.
Sondra Radvanovsky
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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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You go to the gym to make sure you have the stamina to breathe in the corsets.
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I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.
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You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera.
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Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.
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And if I don't sing, I don't get paid.
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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 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 11 years old, I wanted to sing Tosca.
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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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Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy.
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