Zitat des Tages über Opernsänger / Opera Singer:
I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.
It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that.
I think my great-grandpa was an opera singer or something.
I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer.
My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.'
Whether you're an opera singer, a legislator or customer service operator, there is a way that we can find common ground with our audience - be they young or old, Democrats or Republicans, rich or poor, religious or secular.
I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.
To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.
But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel and opera singer and my brother, who passed away, was a writer.
I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.
I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and then was taken (at age eight) to hear Pons at a Met performance of Lakme. It was at that moment that I decided to become an opera star. Not just an opera singer, but an opera star!
My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.
Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.
I was an acting opera singer, and that's one of the reasons I left opera.
My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to sing.
My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang.
When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.
My grandma was actually a pretty well-known opera singer in Cuba, and then my mom was a ballerina. Two of my three sisters are dancers, so we grew up in the arts.