So you see, movies are really another dimension. |
Sometimes I can have a desire to do this and that, but my voice-it likes to go straight. |
The beginning of the 19th century in Germany and Vienna was a new era with German composers writing in the German language. |
The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist. |
The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find-the goal is always to make more nuance and colors. |
The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music-the power of music-the music will support you and take you to another dimension. |
The media can be a really strong vehicle. |
The moment you know how to walk-let's see, because this is like walking-then you can do whatever you want with your voice. |
The moment you start with every note being built-this famous house-and then you can play-you can put every furniture you want in the house. And this is a little bit like with the voice. And then you can play. You can play anything. |
The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French. |
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time. |
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice. |
This is the secret-the repertoire. You have to try to consolidate your repertoire. It is a big step if you know how to do that. |
This is what I feel I'm born to do. |
We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi. |