Words matter. These are the best Anna Netrebko Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have to be more modest now that I’m a mama, but I loved those days when I could really wear what I wanted to. I do love crazy shoes and clothes. But I mean, come on, I’m 38, so even if I like a dress of Betsey Johnson, I have to say, ‘Stop it. Go for Chanel!’
The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!
When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private person who does not always want to be in the spotlight!
Maybe because I’m a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.
I know what I’m missing. I know what I have to work on. Coloratura. And I sing sharp sometimes. It happens when I’m nervous.
Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.
Lots of opera singers are just boring.
In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.
I have no desire to become a crossover artiste, singing with microphones. I believe in opera; that it is something that young people would love if they had a chance to hear it.
When I am on stage, I give everything. Maybe because of that, I won’t last long, but I don’t care.
You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can’t get lost in the experience.
Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I’m not in the taste of the men there at all.
Applause, it’s very nice, of course. But when you’re giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.
For me, St. Petersburg is the city that I can never escape because it has this special energy, even a dark energy. It keeps pulling me back.
I’m just a normal person. It’s not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics.
You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don’t believe in anyway.
I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It’s a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.
If you ask me about vocal technique, I don’t know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: ‘Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano – no.’
I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. It’s not the diva speaking. It’s the artist who knows how it has to be done.
Life is not just about singing.
There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do the orchestra. And then there are great conductors, who have their own opinion on the music, who are ruling everything – and not listening much to the singers, but the orchestra play amazingly.