Even when I’m not onstage singing, there’s always music going on in my head. It’s a curse and a blessing in a way – it’s sitting in bed at night, trying to go to sleep, while the music keeps playing in your head – especially when you’re trying to learn something new and you’re trying to memorize it and get everything. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
For sure, one moment really defined the path that I was to take in the future, and that was when I won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York in April of 1995. I had just turned 25 two days before the finals concert, and when I won, I had no idea how my life would change because of it. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
I am so proud to call myself Canadian! Thank you, Canada, for welcoming me with open arms! Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
Temperament can really take a toll on the voice. If you get tight in your body with the acting, then you can get tight in your voice. And then you can get tired, and you can damage yourself vocally. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
Artists shouldn’t deal with business stuff; that’s not what we’re trained in, and most of us aren’t good at it. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
I love the tragic side. I don’t do ‘happy’ onstage. I like the dark, the disturbed. Sondra Radvanovsky Read Quote
