Sondra Radvanovsky Quotes

Sondra Radvanovsky

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 11, 1969

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky

After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.'

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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

Sondra Radvanovsky

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.

Sondra Radvanovsky