You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.
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Maybe I will end up in the movies.
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When I go onstage, every situation I have to play, I feel pain. When I sing 'Madama Butterfly' I feel completely everything she felt: It's horrible.
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My voice is not angel voice.
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That's why I'm never happy. Every tragedy, I really feel very painful - especially about a child or old people. This is reality. We try to close eyes and ears, but it's happening every second, and somehow, unfortunately, I feel a connection.
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The point is that I am such a big fan of Puccini and that Butterfly is the most difficult and complete role that you can imagine. Just to sing it with a good voice is not enough: it asks tears from your soul. I am very emotional on stage, and the music is so tender that I suffer for real when I am singing it. So I cannot do many performances.
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I am not playing on stage. I am living the situation. I cannot cut emotions and sing. I never save myself.
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As a person who wants to see and believe in the story, I don't think women at age 50 are able to sing young girls.
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I go through every single emotion. My artistic life will likely be shorter than it could be because everything is for real for me. This is my life and my soul.
