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32 quotes by Danielle de Niese

Danielle de Niese (born 11 April 1979) is an Australian-American lyric soprano. After success as a young child in singing competitions in Australia, she moved to the United States where she developed an operatic career. From 2005 she came to widespread public attention with her performances as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne, England.
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I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation.

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In a fit at the bookstore one day, I bought all my favourite composers' biographies: Schubert, Massenet, Wolf. I've still not had a chance to... →

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I'm a huge dog person; I love to hug and kiss them.

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Mozart is my first strength.

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I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.

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My dad's in banking, my mum manages the American branch of a Swiss vitamin company; they're really busy, but they still come to all my... →

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My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.'

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Outreach appearances in the schools are usually part of my contracts, and I love doing them.

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We can all afford to do a little soul-searching about the choices we make and the way we live our lives, but sometimes searching one's soul... →

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From my perspective, music allows me to escape from the world of what is happening right in front of me... to the world of my thoughts, my dreams, my... →

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I know there are lots of regional accents in England, but I can't tell them apart and I'm not really aware of class. I don't pay any... →

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Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most... →

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I believed in Santa Claus until I was 12!

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