{"id":8394,"date":"2010-08-13T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2019-10-17T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T09:37:45","slug":"no-make-up-ann-hallenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/no-make-up-ann-hallenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"“No make-up!”… Ann Hallenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Which is the main feature of your personality?
\n<\/strong>I\u2019m trying to be kind to everyone and believe that other people do the same. Perhaps I\u2019m a bit na\u00efve.
\nYour worst flaw? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Laziness.Which is your star sign?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Pisces.
\nAre you superstitious? <\/strong>
\nA bit. Wouldn\u2019t it be boring if we knew everything!?
\nWhat did you dream to become as an adult when you were a child?
\n<\/strong>I<\/em> decided to become an opera singer when I was 6, later I started doubting that was possible I wanted to become an archaeologist.
\nWhich are your favorite readings<\/strong>?<\/em>
\nI like to read and read most kinds of books, on travels it\u2019s more important that it is a really thick book!
\nWhich is the book you have loved the most so far<\/strong>? <\/em>
\nI keep returning to \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d.
\n <\/strong>Have you ever sought revenge?
\n<\/strong>No.
\nDid your family influence your choices? <\/strong>
\nYes, but in a good way. My parents allowed me to go after my dream to become a singer, but made me finish my studies first to be able to continue on University if need be. That was wise; this business is so hard and insecure. As a teenager you can\u2019t know if your talent is enough.
\nWas music a vocation?
\n<\/strong>Yes!
\nWhat\u2019s missing in your life today?
\n<\/strong>More time to be with my family. To be a \u201cnormal\u201d mother and wife more often. It\u2019s tough when my daughter has a cold and I must avoid hugging her.
\nThe greatest disappointment?
\n<\/strong>Every time I haven\u2019t got a role, not because of my voice, but because of looks or personality. It hurts and is difficult to accept. On the other hand have I often experienced that soon after a lost opportunity another, even better chance comes, which I hadn\u2019t been able to do if the first thing hadn\u2019t failed. Now, I\u2019m trying to look on disappointments with curiosity; \u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen now?\u201d
\nWhich is your most cherished memory?
\n<\/strong>My wedding and the birth of our daughter.
\n<\/em>How important is money to you?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Life is easier if you have it\u2026
\nWhich is the item you like spending money on the most<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>We\u2019re living in an old house and renovating gobbles up more money than I like to think of!
\nDo you collect anything?
\n<\/strong>I like dollhouses and miniatures. I don\u2019t have time for it at the moment, but soon I hope!
\nDo you have a recurrent dream?
\n<\/strong>No. <\/em>
\nWhat are you afraid of the most? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>For something bad to happen to my family.
\nWhich is your most ambitious dream<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>I\u2019m very happy and grateful for my life as it is. I\u2019ve come much further that I thought possible. But\u2026 of course I\u2019ll try to get even better!
\nAre ideals, passions important?
\n<\/strong>Yes, as long as they don\u2019t make you lose your objectiveness and start seeing everything only in black and white.
\nThe moment you felt the proudest? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>The evening, shortly before his death, when I told my father that I was going to make my d\u00e9but at La Scala. He got so proud and happy!
\nYour biggest challenge<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>Jumping in as Ariodante on stage in Munich with only one evening rehearsal!
\nWhat or who makes you feel embarrassed? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>When other people make a fool of themselves. My own mistakes I can live with.
\nWhich is the situation you consider the most relaxing?
\n<\/strong>At home, looking my absolute worst, working in my garden or renovating the house!
\nYour favorite subject at school? <\/strong>
\nHistory. <\/em>
\nFavorite city?
\n<\/strong>I\u2019m not a city person, but I feel good in most Italian cities.
\nFavorite color?
\n<\/strong>Blue.
\nFavorite flower?
\n<\/strong>Lilac.
\nThe holiday or the trip you\u2019d like to take?<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Holliday for me is to be allowed to be at home and wake up in my own bed for 2 weeks! But a remake of our honeymoon in northern Scotland would be nice.
\nDay or night?
\n<\/strong>Day.
\nTell us your ideal day<\/strong>.
\n<\/em>Waking up without alarm clock, a long, slow breakfast and then something interesting to do. I like to work with my hands, so I can see <\/span>what I have achieved! That\u2019s not possible in my work! It\u2019s gone with the wind, so to speak!
\nWhich is your hideaway? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Home! An old vicarage in the Swedish countryside. Farmland, cows, wood. And peace and quiet!
\nThe film you love the most?
\n<\/strong>I watched \u201cDoubt\u201d some days ago. I\u2019m still thinking of it. I like drama and suspense, not so much \u201cRomantic comedies\u201d.
\nYour favorite season?
\n<\/strong>Spring. I love the first thawing of snow, the first chirping of birds and the first day you feel the sun warming your face again.
\nWhich is the place where cooking is the worst ever? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>In general food is bad when it\u2019s out of place. Italian is bad in France, French is bad in Germany, Chinese is bad in Sweden etc. I like to try the food from the region, it\u2019s almost always good.
\nHow would you define your relation with food?
\n<\/strong>Passionate!
\nThe dish you cook the best?
\n<\/strong>Anything with a lot of herbs and spices in it!
\nRed or white wine?
\n<\/strong>Red.
\nWhat\u2019s never missing in your refrigerator? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Milk, cream, cheese.
\nWhat\u2019s the soundtrack to your life<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>Perhaps something from \u201cArie e danze antiche\u201d by Respighi. They have a special meaning to me and I like the mix between ancient music and modern orchestration!
\nYour favourite singer?
\n<\/strong>Farinelli, Carestini and Marietta Marcolini!….<\/strong>ehehehe!
\nHas being good-looking affected your singing career someway<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>I don\u2019t see myself as good-looking\u2026 at least not without the makeup-department! However, how we artists look is getting more and more important, and the directors have a frightening power to choose someone because his or her looks instead of how she sings.
\nHow did your voice change through the years and how do you take care of it, choosing the roles and the repertoire to perform?
\n<\/strong>The voice does change, sometimes without any obvious reason. I started as a mezzo, but when insecurity made me doubt my abilities I started to choose alto-roles. Now, suddenly the voice has changed again, and I have moved up. Also, as I grow older, I try to avoid the young-men roles on stage and want to do more interesting female characters. (I never looked like a man anyway!)
\nIf you were granted the chance to choose a role, which one would it be?
\n<\/strong>Hard to say. I am lucky to have done most of my dream roles already! Ariodante, Agrippina, Dejanira, Isabella (L\u2019italiana in Algeri).\u00a0 I\u2019m convinced that there are many more fantastic roles in the forgotten, never played Operas in libraries and archives!
\nWhich is the first record you ever bought? <\/strong>
\nDie Zauberfl\u00f6te. <\/em>I was 7 and could only pay half the cost, my parents \u201csponsored\u201d with the rest!
\nHow\u2019s your attitude towards TV? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>There are good and interesting things there, but they drown in the enormous amount of junk!
\nWhat do you do an hour prior to go on stage?
\n<\/strong>My Husband says: Being completely impossible!…I like to come to the theatre quite early, to change from my private self to \u201cMme Hallenberg\u201d. I don\u2019t have any routines with concentrating or such, they only make me nervous. I like to chat with my colleagues and the crew!
\nWhat\u2019s never missing in your dressing room<\/strong>?
\n<\/em>Water and mint tea if possible.
\nWhat do you think of when looking at yourself in the mirror? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>\u201cIt could be worse\u2026\u201d
\nHow would you prefer to die?
\n<\/strong>Peacefully at old age.
\nYour mood at the moment? <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Relaxed after a long winter holiday with my family.
\nWhat\u2019s your motto<\/strong>?
\n<\/strong>\u201c<\/em>Never hurt anyone, always do your best, and for the rest you can do whatever you like.
\n(From \u201cCardamom village\u201d a Norwegian children\u2019s book)<\/em><\/p>\n


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