I'm just a normal person. It's not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings,… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
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… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
When I just started my career, of course, I always try to look very good, and I changes the dress all the time on… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
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… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
