“When you do a 'messa di voce,' that means you start soft, you crescend...” — Sondra Radvanovsky Quote

“When you do a 'messa di voce,' that means you start soft, you crescendo into loud - and then you go back to soft again. Some people call it circus tricks, but in bel canto, it's really written into the music.”

“I think Chicagoans have a great set of values. You know what I mean? Kindness. Morals. Ethics. People in Chicago do the right thing. If somebody falls on the street, someone will actually stop and help them up. That doesn't happen in certain other cities.”

“Singing bel canto is like walking on a tightrope - especially with a larger voice like mine.”

“I always knew from books and shows that the lives of circus artists are not easy, but spending time and learning from them made me realise the amount of effort they put in and how they constantly jostle between life and death.”

“Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.”

“What's funny is sometimes I'll watch a movie that's so gorgeously simple, it's like two characters in a house and I think, 'Oh my god, that is the kind of thing I will do.' And then it always ends up being a circus.”