You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway. Anna Netrebko More Quotes by Anna Netrebko More Quotes From Anna Netrebko 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 makes sense when one person is ruling everything. But for bel canto, I have to have a conductor who listens and supports me. Anna Netrebko supportdoesometimes Im just a normal person. Its 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. Anna Netrebko homebeautifulthinking 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 you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers are happy with that, but I have to move, I have to do something new always. Anna Netrebko wantteachermoving 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. Anna Netrebko intuitionmistakefeelings 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. Its not the diva speaking. Its the artist who knows how it has to be done. Anna Netrebko lightartistneeds Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. Anna Netrebko nicedarksweet Russians always need a little sh*t in our lives. If everything is good and we seem completely happy, then we become suspicious of that. Anna Netrebko suspiciouslittlesneeds Lots of opera singers are just boring. Anna Netrebko operasingersboring I think that the war should end as soon as possible. But this is politics, I'm not a part of it. I'd like to make this gesture in support of art where it’s most needed now. Anna Netrebko entertainment 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 being anorexic-skinny. We forgot about women with curves - real women. We're not embracing that anymore. Anna Netrebko mewomenfashionbaby When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private person who does not always want to be in the spotlight! Anna Netrebko personi-ammewant You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits. Anna Netrebko willseemeyou Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do. Anna Netrebko cannotjustloveart When you're singing before 15,000 people at a summer concert outside, you need to look beautiful, because that's what people want. Anna Netrebko yousingingbeautifulpeople 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. Anna Netrebko greatyousilencewaiting I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience. Anna Netrebko helpyouexperiencelost 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 - and not listening much to the singers, but the orchestra play amazingly. Anna Netrebko greatgoodopinionmusic 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. And I was so upset nobody saying anything about my singing. Anna Netrebko dressgoodmebeautiful 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. Anna Netrebko citymeenergydark 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. Anna Netrebko i-ambettervoiceworld
