You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don’t believe in anyway. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I’m not in the taste of the men there at all. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
Maybe because I’m a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. Anna Netrebko Read Quote
If you ask me about vocal technique, I don’t know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: ‘Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano – no.’ Anna Netrebko Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote