Anna Netrebko Quotations

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 strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.

Applause, it's very nice, of course. But when you're giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.

You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.

You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway.

The role I really want to sing is Elisabetta from 'Don Carlo.'

Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.

Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all.

In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.

I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.

The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!