Quotes by Anna Netrebko

About Anna Netrebko:

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko is a Russian operatic soprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna, Austria and in New York City.
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Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

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I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 - an...

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When I just started my career, of course, I always try to look very good, and I changes the dress all the time on the performance. And people came to me and said, 'Oh, beautiful dress. Your dress is so beautiful, and you look so beautiful.' That's it...

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I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.

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Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.

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Life is not just about singing.

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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 f...

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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.'

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I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now never in Russia; I am Austrian citizen. But definitely I am Latin!

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Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all.

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You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.

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When you're singing before 15,000 people at a summer concert outside, you need to look beautiful, because that's what people want.

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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.

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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.

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Lots of opera singers are just boring.

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The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!

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Author Bio

  • NameAnna Netrebko
  • DescriptionOperatic soprano
  • BornSeptember 18, 1971
  • CountryRussia
  • ProfessionSinger; Opera Singer
  • AwardsGolden Feather; People's Artist Of Russia