When you are accompanied by the instrument - on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice - you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.
Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides.
So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.
It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important.
I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.
I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course.
The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.
We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.
The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.
I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.
German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture.
I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.
Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century.
So you see, movies are really another dimension.
People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.
It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color.
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.
The media can be a really strong vehicle.
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.
