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32 quotes by Anna Netrebko

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко, born 18 September 1971) 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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After the baby, I got bigger, and I like it. I like me better now than when I was young and skinny. I don't understand this extreme fashion for... →

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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!... →

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I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if I understand that sometimes it... →

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There are some roles I just don't like, ones I don't feel I can bring something special to. Therefore, I'm not singing them. They are... →

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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.... →

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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.

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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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As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is... →

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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... →

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When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If... →

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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 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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In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.

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