For me, to be diva is to have an evening when you are on stage and you are in good form. To have respect for everybody - for colleagues, for the maestro, for the audience. And to give emotion while you sing. If you're talented, you try to do the best you can. But you don't make problems. I respect everybody. For me this is a diva.
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I try to have two or three days between performances.
In Europe they like my Marguerite.
It is not easy to sing the way Karajan wants.
I like Strehler, even though sometimes he is very hard, and he never wants to stop - but he is fantastic!
I am generous in many ways, but not when I think it will destroy my voice.
Some singers think they are gods who can do everything. But I have always been honest with myself and my possibilities.