Sondra Radvanovsky

“We live in a very disposable society, and people want everything right away, but unfortunately, vocal technique doesn't come overnight.”

“When I teach master classes, I tell young singers if the foundation isn't good, the house will crumble.”

“Opera - above and beyond anything else - is about the music, and it should be about the music.”

“I guess my first professional experience was when my church choir director told my mother that I had a gift with my voice and said that I should think about auditioning, at 11 years old, for the chorus of our regional opera company.”

“I'm going to the gym and really taking care of myself and trying to stay fit, eating properly.”

“For sure, one moment really defined the path that I was to take in the future, and that was when I won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York in April of 1995. I had just turned 25 two days before the finals concert, and when I won, I had no idea how my life would change because of it.”