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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. It’s not the diva speaking. It’s the artist who knows how it has to be done. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote