he said, ''but in her face and eyes you can see what the character she is portraying is wearing, where she is, the setting, the other people who are present, and what her relationship to them is -- not to mention her emotional state. |
An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house. |
An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house. |
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam rules. |
First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis. |
I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. |
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down. |
I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over. |
I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over. |
I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. |
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage. |
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking, |
I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was. |
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel! |
I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. |