The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music-the power of music-the music will support you and take you to another dimension.

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We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

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composer opera firsts

Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.

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together dream way

The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

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voice wine giving

The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or color.

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voice artist beautiful

You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language.

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singing language feels

The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors.

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voice nice color

The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.

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voice talking order

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.

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singing feel-good sea

I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern.

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fragility feelings thinking

I am a person of the 18th century.

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18th-century century persons

Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert.

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romantic-music keys teacher

You need to love what youre doing.

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needs

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

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When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.

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voice teacher years

Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red.

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arizona sunshine red

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

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vehicle media strong

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

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berlin september musician

The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.

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restaurants nightlife winter

It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.

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take-time difficult culture

So you see, movies are really another dimension.

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dimensions