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.
From 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.
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.
I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.
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.
You go to the gym to make sure you have the stamina to breathe in the corsets.
I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.
You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera.
Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.
And if I don't sing, I don't get paid.
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