Anna Netrebko Professions : Operatic soprano Born : September 18, 1971 Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by Anna Netrebko 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. Anna Netrebko singing love believe people Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all. Anna Netrebko nobody me taste men 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!' Anna Netrebko dress shoes crazy love The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real! Anna Netrebko wear stage real house You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway. Anna Netrebko yourself you stupid believe 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 lots of work. Anna Netrebko low high problems work 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! Anna Netrebko i-am music voice cute In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream. Anna Netrebko pretend wait russia dream When I am on stage, I give everything. Maybe because of that, I won't last long, but I don't care. Anna Netrebko i-am everything care long Similar Authors Beverly Sills operatic-soprano Georgette Leblanc operatic-soprano Florence Foster Jenkins operatic-soprano Montserrat Caballe operatic-soprano Martina Arroyo operatic-soprano Nellie Melba operatic-soprano All Authors