Galina Vishnevskaya quotes
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“The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.”
-- Galina Vishnevskaya -
“Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.”
-- Galina VishnevskayaSource : "Galina Vishnevskaya obituary" by Tully Potter, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.
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“The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.”
-- Galina Vishnevskaya
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