{"id":98622,"date":"2020-01-20T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T11:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/?p=98622"},"modified":"2020-01-20T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:22:09","slug":"senza-trucco-nicholas-phan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/senza-trucco-nicholas-phan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Senza Trucco!&#8221;&#8230; Nicholas Phan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Italian &amp; English version<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nVariazioni verbali sull\u2019originale questionario di Marcel Proust. Incontriamo il tenore <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/nicholas-phan.com\/#polaris\"><strong>Nicholas Phan<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">, in occasione dell&#8217;uscita del suo ultimo lavoro discografico <\/span><i style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Nadia &amp; Lili Boulanger: Clairi\u00e8res, <\/i><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">edito da Avie Records<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Si definisca con tre aggettivi&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Concentrato, divertente e meditabondo.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il suo segno zodiacale? Si riconosce nei suoi tratti salienti?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sono un Capricorno e mi\u00a0 mi riconosco nei suoi tratti salienti. Sono un vero e proprio stacanovista e ottengo buoni risultati quando ricopro incarichi di responsabilit\u00e0 (forse \u00e8 per questo che ho dato il meglio di me come co-fondatore del Collaborative Arts Institute di Chicago). Ho anche una vena forte e indipendente, che forse giustifica il fatto che abbia amato molto lavorare ai miei dischi per etichette indipendenti<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-98696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-10x7.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-432x288.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-660x440.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_6.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>\u00c8 superstizioso? E se si, riguardo a cosa? Segue qualche particolare rituale a riguardo?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Non particolarmente\u2026 tuttavia mia assicuro di ripetere una serie di affermazioni quando sono nel mio camerino, prima di entrare in scena per esibirmi. Penso che sia importante emanare una certa energia positiva prima di esibirsi.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00c8 una persona spirituale? E se si, in che modo?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Decisamente &#8211; credo fermamente nell&#8217;idea che ci sia qualcosa di pi\u00f9 grande di noi l\u00e0 fuori, bench\u00e9 non sia molto sicuro di cosa sia. Cerco per lo pi\u00f9 di connettermi a questo qualcosa attraverso la meditazione e la consapevolezza quanto meglio posso, ogni giorno della mia vita.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ha mai invidiato qualcuno? E se si, chi?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Certo che si! Non sono un santo! Credo che l&#8217;invidia sia utile solo se \u00e8 un segnale che la tua mente e il tuo cuore ti stanno mandando per dirti e mostrarti ci\u00f2 che desideri. Credo che ci siano molte opportunit\u00e0 nella vita e cerco di stare lontano da una mentalit\u00e0 fondata su limitatezza e paura. Quando sono invidioso, cerco di fare il punto della situazione con me stesso e di capire cosa mi porta a esserlo. Una volta che mi son chiarito le idee a riguardo, cerco di canalizzare le mie energie positivamente, pensando alle opportunit\u00e0 positive che mi potranno essere offerte, oltre a cercare di essere sempre grato per la moltitudine di cose positive che gi\u00e0 sto vivendo. Una specie di attitudine del tipo: &#8220;Grazie!&#8230;ma per favore, datemene delle altre!&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Che lavoro avrebbe fatto, se non fosse diventato un cantante lirico?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ho sognato di essere un musicista sin da quando avevo undici anni. Prima di capire che il canto era la mia strada, il mio sogno era di diventare un violinista per la Chicago Symphony. Si immagini la mia sorpresa quando mi sono ritrovato a fare il mio debutto professionale con loro, cantando Iopas in <em>Les Troyens<\/em> di Berlioz,\u00a0 undici anni dopo<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQiKu81Zwao\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">La sua famiglia ha influenzato le sue scelte?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Decisamente! Mio padre \u00e8 un appassionato di musica classico e un grande audiofilo. Negli anni della mia crescita, la casa risuonava sempre di musica classica e ho cominciato a studiare musica perch\u00e9 i miei genitori, in occasione del mio quarto compleanno, mi regalarono un violino.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il suo ricordo pi\u00f9 caro?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I miei ricordi pi\u00f9 cari sono forse quelli legati alle estati passate al Marlboro Music Festival dove sono stato sufficientemente fortunato da immergermi in settimane di prove di musica da camera e canzoni con alcuni dei pi\u00f9 grandi musicisti a livello mondiale. Alcune delle mie amicizie pi\u00f9 care sono nate durante quelle estati, in cui sono riuscito a riconnettermi al mio amore profondo per la musica, in un momento in cui il mio rapporto con questa carriera era teso, esausto e disperatamente bisognoso di una ripartenza.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il profumo che associa alla sua infanzia?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">L&#8217;odore dell&#8217;aria di Nafpaktos, in Grecia, che \u00e8 il luogo da cui proviene la famiglia di mia madre e dove soggiornavamo per un mese ogni estate quando ero bambino: un odore che \u00e8 una combinazione di mare, cedro e terra di montagna.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-98694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-10x7.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-432x288.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-660x440.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_4.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>Qual \u00e8 il momento in cui si \u00e8 sentito pi\u00f9 orgoglioso?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Il giorno di S. Valentino del 2009, sono stato chiamato improvvisamente (3 ore prima del concerto!)a sostituire un collega per\u00a0 cantare in <i>Die Sch\u00f6pfung <\/i>di Haydn alla Carnegie Hall con l&#8217;Orchestra of St. Luke&#8217;s diretta da Helmuth Rilling. Avevo cantato questa partitura solo una volta, in inglese, molti anni prima, quando ancora studiavo, ora invece era nella versione originale in tedesca che ho dovuto studare in tutta fretta. Fortunatamente \u00e8 andato tutto bene, \u00e8 stata una vera e proria sfida con me stesso. Non sapevo di poter dare il meglio di me anche in un caso quasi estremo come questo. Pi\u00f9 che in altre sistuazioni precedenti, questa, mi \u00e8 serviata molto per valutare le mie capacit\u00e0, anche in termini di lucidit\u00e0 ed energia.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Qual \u00e8 la sua pi\u00f9 grande delusione<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cerco di non indulgere sulle delusioni, in quanto sono inevitabili quando si conduce una vita dedicata alla musica. Credo che sia pi\u00f9 importante restare concentrati sui momenti positivi ed emozionanti della vita e sono deciso a mantenere una mentalit\u00e0 da &#8220;bicchiere mezzo pieno&#8221;.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">C&#8217;\u00e8 qualcosa che manca nella sua vita attualmente? E se si, cosa<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">C&#8217;\u00e8?&#8230; Forse, ma mi guardo bene dal dirlo. Ho una vita abbastanza piena &#8211; ho amici meravigliosi, una famiglia, amore, musica, buon cibo, buon vino e opportunit\u00e0 musicali incredibili. Ancora una volta, posso solo ringraziare e sperare in ancora di pi\u00f9.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Si emoziona facilmente?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Posso emozionarmi abbastanza facilmente &#8211; penso che una parte dell&#8217;essere artista sia rimanere in contatto con le proprie emozioni.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wRNcxeJzDvQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Che cosa le fa pi\u00f9 paura?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Commettere errori. Me \u00e8 inevitabile &#8211; quindi cerco costantemente di essere indulgente con me stesso, rialzarmi e ricominciare quando commetto qualche sbaglio.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Che cosa considera noioso?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I cantanti e i musicisti che non ricordano che la tecnica \u00e8 un mezzo e non un fine e che essa dovrebbe servire solo per permetterci di raggiungere la migliore forma di espressione possibile.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Che cosa la fa ridere di cuore?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I miei errori&#8230; a volte.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Crede di pi\u00f9 nell&#8217;amore o nell&#8217;amicizia?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Amo i miei amici profondamente. Non so se c&#8217;\u00e8 differenza fra le due cose. Ma in qualsiasi caso, penso sia importante avere abbondanza di amore, sia romantico che platonico, nella vita di ciascuno.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ha un sogno ricorrente?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Di arrivare a un concerto, senza avere tempo per le prove.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Quanto conta per lei il denaro<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Abbastanza importante &#8211; il denaro \u00e8 ci\u00f2 che mi permette di fare arte. Fra l&#8217;aver partecipato alla fondazione del CAIC di Chicago e la produzione dei miei progetti discografici, ho dovuto imparare tanto circa la ricerca di fondi. La cosa pi\u00f9 importante sull&#8217;arte, che ho imparato attraverso la ricerca di finanziamenti, \u00e8 il perch\u00e9 \u00e8 importante avere una chiara visione artistica e una missione alla base del mio essere un musicista.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-98693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-381x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-381x384.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-198x200.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-10x10.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-432x436.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-396x399.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-660x666.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3-218x220.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_3.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a>In che cosa \u00e8 pi\u00f9 spendaccione<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cibo e vini di qualit\u00e0.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Colleziona qualcosa<\/span>? E se si, come ha iniziato questa collezione?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">CD e libri! Adoro la mia biblioteca personale, che ho iniziato a mettere assieme sin da quando ero adolescente. In quest&#8217;era digitale, io amo ancora avere libri cartacei e non riesco a separarmi dalla mia collezione di CD<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Quali sono le sue letture preferite?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Leggo un po&#8217; di tutto, sia fiction che saggistica. Ho un debole per la sci-fi. Due dei miei libri preferiti sono di Ursula K. Le Guin: <em>The Left Hand Of Darkness<\/em> e <em>The Dispossessed<\/em>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Quale o quali citt\u00e0 sente pi\u00f9 vicine al suo modo di essere?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">San Francisco &#8211; \u00e8 dove ho scelto di vivere da cinque anni a questa parte ed \u00e8 il posto in cui mi sono sentito pi\u00f9 a casa nella mia vita da adulto.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il suo colore preferito?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blu o rosso.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">E il suo fiore preferito?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Il tulipano.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cantante\/i preferito\/i?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Susan Graham, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, John Mark Ainsley, Cecilia Bartoli, Dame Janet Baker. Un elenco che potrebbe continuare.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il primo disco che ha comprato?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cInto The Woods\u201d di Stephen Sondheim.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Il film che ha amato di pi\u00f9?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Sei Gradi di Separazione&#8221; o &#8220;L&#8217;Impero Colpisce Ancora&#8221;&#8230; a seconda del momento, dipende dall&#8217;umore. Amo molto anche &#8220;Il Favoloso Mondo di Am\u00e9lie&#8221;.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">La sua stagione preferita e perch\u00e9?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">L&#8217;estate&#8230; a San Francisco, dove non fa troppo caldo. Amo questa stagione perch\u00e8 tutti sembrano pi\u00f9 rilassati<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Com&#8217;\u00e8 il suo rapporto con la tecnologia e qual \u00e8 il gadget elettronico di cui non pu\u00f2 fare a meno?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sono leggermente dipendente dai miei dispositivi Apple (MacBook, iPad e iPhone)&#8230; Ce l&#8217;ho messa tutta ultimamente per combatterla, perch\u00e9 sento che mi distrae molto facilmente dal vivere il presente e\u00a0 la cosa non mi piace per niente. \u00c8 troppo facile allungare la mano per prendere il telefono al mattino quando mi sveglio &#8211; ma sento di essere disposto meglio ad affrontare la giornata quando non prendo in mano il cellulare al mattino e aspetto di aver meditato, scritto il mio diario ed essermi preparato la colazione e il caff\u00e9. Comunque \u00e8 un processo in evoluzione&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 il suo atteggiamento verso la televisione?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Adoro la TV! Netflix e Amazon Prime mi tengono buona compagnia quando sono in viaggio e mi sento solo nella mia camera d&#8217;albergo.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Com&#8217;\u00e8 il suo rapporto con la politica?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Abbastanza teso ultimamente, ad essere onesto. Trovo che vi sia un\u00a0 un senso di ira, rabbia, frustrazione e paura. Nonostante comprenda e mi riconosca in questi sentimenti (e li provi io stesso), non sono sicuro che per andare avanti si possa indulgere in questa emotivit\u00e0. Spero e prego per una guarigione spirituale e una maggiore compassione, evolvendoci come esseri umani e come societ\u00e0 globale.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fMHf7OOsvY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ha delle cause che le stanno particolarmente a cuore?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Le cause legate alla comunit\u00e0 LGBQT+ sono molto importanti per me. Trovo incredibile la sofferenza causata in tutto il mondo dalla chiusura mentale della gente, dal bigottismo e dall&#8217;odio verso le persone LGBQT+. Ho sentito l&#8217;importanza di essermi dichiarato gay &#8211; principalmente perch\u00e9 penso sia una mia responsabilit\u00e0 in quanto personaggio pubblico. Credo sia importante mostrare alle altre persone LGBQT+\u00a0 non dichiarate,\u00a0 che il &#8220;coming out&#8221; migliora di molto la vita, prima di tutto con se stessi!<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Giorno o notte?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mi piace lavorare di giorno e vivere la sera con gli amici e le persone care. Preferisco i &#8220;matin\u00e9e&#8221; molto pi\u00f9 di molti dei\u00a0 miei colleghi&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 la situazione che considera pi\u00f9 rilassante?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cucinare per i miei amici.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Ci racconti la sua giornata ideale.<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Trascorrere un giorno a casa, fra un impegno e l&#8217;altro. In questa giornata ideale, mi sveglio, medito, scrivo il mio diario, preparo la colazione, lavoro al pc fino a mezzogiorno. Vado a lezione di yoga, dopodich\u00e9, pranzo, lavoro ancora un po&#8217; e mi dedico allo studio musicale\u00a0 per due o tre ore nel pomeriggio. Verso le sei, amo preparare la cena per i miei amici o per il mio compagno, per poi guardare un film, seduti sul divano.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Qual \u00e8 la colonna sonora della sua vita di tutti i giorni?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Inizio pressoch\u00e9 ogni giornata con una cantata di Bach.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">La vacanza o il viaggio che vorrebbe fare<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Le mie vacanze preferite consistono nell&#8217;affittare una bella villa con piscina a Sonoma County, in California. Passiamo le giornate rilassandoci, leggendo, forse degustando vini o facendo il bagno in piscina. Di sera, prepariamo la cena tutti insieme e beviamo i vini che abbiamo comprato.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Come definirebbe il suo rapporto col cibo?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Amo il cibo.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dieta mediterraneanea, cucina macrobiotica o fast food?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dieta mediterranea.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Il suo piatto preferito?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00c8 una gara fra pasta e ravioli cinesi. In genere, mi piacciono i piatti semplici, cucinati con ingredienti di qualit\u00e0. Fortunatamente in California la produzione alimentare \u00e8 ottima, quindi riesco piuttosto spesso a mangiare come amo.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sa cucinare? Qual \u00e8 la sua specialit\u00e0? E qual \u00e8 il piatto che cucina pi\u00f9 spesso?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Si, so\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">cucinare! Non ho una specialit\u00e0, ma sono bravo con la pasta&#8230; e con i ravioli cinesi.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-98692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-10x7.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-432x288.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-660x439.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2-331x220.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Phan_2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>Vino rosso o bianco?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Entrambi&#8230;.ma anche il ros\u00e9 e lo champagne.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Qual \u00e8 il posto in cui la cucina \u00e8 la peggiore in assoluto<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">La caffetteria del campo estivo in cui andavo quando ero alle superiori.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">La musica \u00e8 stata una vocazione<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Si. Ho sempre sentito la chiamata a essere un musicista.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cosa vorrebbe che una persona che non conosce la sua voce ascoltasse?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Le parole che sto cantando.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Come tiene sotto controllo l&#8217;evoluzione della sua voce?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">La registro MOLTO SPESSO. La tecnologia attualmente presente nei nostri cellulari \u00e8 meravigliosa. La possibilit\u00e0 di registrarsi con tanta facilit\u00e0 \u00e8 una risorsa di grande valore.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Se le fosse concesso di scegliere un ruolo da cantare, quale sarebbe?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Tom Rakewell in <em>The Rake&#8217;s Progress<\/em>.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Le piace il successo? Fino a che punto?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Certo che si! \u00c8 sempre un sollievo quando qualcosa ha successo<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Che cosa fa un&#8217;ora prima di salire sul palco?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mi riscaldo con una serie di esercizi vocali, medito, studio il mio spartito e indosso i costumi di scena.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Che cosa non manca mai nel suo camerino<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Me stesso&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Che cosa pensa quando si guarda nello specchio<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cSto bene?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Il suo umore al momento<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sono concentrato. Sto per uscire per andare a esibirmi con il San Francisco Symphony fra un paio d&#8217;ore.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Qual \u00e8 il suo motto<\/span>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">L&#8217;unico momento in cui tutto ha senso in maniera coerente \u00e8 quando canto.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"J.S. BACH: St. John Passion: &quot;Erw\u00e4ge&quot; (Nicholas Phan, tenor\/Apollo&#039;s Fire\/Sorrell)\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IE5JPxGQ-Cc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Define yourself with three adjectives&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Focused, Fun and Pensive.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What is your star sign? Do you recognize yourself in its features?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019m a Capricorn. And yes, I do recognize myself in its features. I am very much a workaholic and do well in leadership positions (perhaps part of why I\u2019ve thrived as one of the co-founders of Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago). I\u2019ve also got a strong independent streak, which is perhaps why I\u2019ve enjoyed my indie recording projects so much.<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Are you superstitious? And if yes, about what? Is there any particular ritual related?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Not particularly\u2026however I do make sure to do affirmations in my dressing room before walking onstage to perform. I think it\u2019s important to send out that positive energy into the world before stepping out to sing.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Are you a spiritual person? And if yes, in what way?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Definitely \u2013 I believe very strongly in the idea that there is something larger than us out there, although I am not very sure what that is. I mostly try to connect to that through meditation and mindfulness as best I can each day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Have you ever envied someone? And if yes, who?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Of course! I\u2019m not a saint! I have envied many people! However, I always believe that envy is only useful as a sign of your mind and heart telling showing you what it is that you desire. I believe that there are many opportunities out there, and try to stay away from a mindset of scarcity and fear. Whenever I feel envious, I try to check in with myself to see what it is about the situation I\u2019m envious of that I desire. Once I am clear on that, I try to channel my energy towards thinking positively that similar opportunities will come to me, as well as try to stay in a place of gratitude for the multitude of opportunities that I am lucky enough to already have. A sort of, \u201cThank you! More please\u201d mindset.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvj2d8_cN_8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What would you have done, hadn\u2019t you become an opera singer?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I am not sure, to be honest. I\u2019ve dreamt of being a musician since I was 11 years old. Before I realized singing was my path, my dream was to be a violinist in the Chicago Symphony. Imagine my surprise when I found myself making my professional debut with them performing Iopas in Berlioz\u2019 <em>Les Troyens,<\/em> just 11 years later!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Did your family influence your choices?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Very much so. My father is a passionate lover of classical music and a huge audiophile. Growing up, the house was always filled with the sound of classical music, and I began studying music, because my parents gave me a violin for my 4<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which is your most cherished memory?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My most cherished musical memories are perhaps my summers spent at the Marlboro Music Festival, where I was fortunate enough to immerse myself in weeks of rehearsals of chamber music and song with some of the world\u2019s greatest musicians. Some of my most cherished friendships stem from these summers, and it was where I was able to reconnect with my deep love of music during a time when my relationship with this career was fraught, exhausted, and desperately in need of a re-boot.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s the smell you associate with your childhood?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The smell of the air in Nafpaktos, Greece, which is where my mother\u2019s family comes from and where we would spend a month each summer as children. It\u2019s a smell of the sea, cedar and dust from the mountain.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s the moment you felt the proudest?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">On Valentine\u2019s Day of 2009, I stepped in for a performance of Haydn\u2019s <em>Die Sch\u00f6pfung<\/em> at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s and Helmuth Rilling on just three hours\u2019 notice, because a colleague fell ill that morning. I had only sung the piece once in English when I was a student many years before, and the performance was in the original German, so I had to learn it extremely quickly. The performance went really well, and is perhaps some of the most fun I\u2019ve had making music on stage. I didn\u2019t know that I could<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>thrive under that kind of pressure until that night, and I learned a lot about just how much I am really capable of at that concert. It turned out to be so much more than I had previously known.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s your greatest disappointment?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I try not to linger on disappointments, as they are inevitable in a life in music. I feel it\u2019s more important to try to stay focused on the highs and exciting moments in this life, and am very intentional about trying to keep a \u2018glass-half-full\u2019 mentality.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-HYrHuf9s4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Is there anything missing in your life today? And if yes, what?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Probably? But I am hard-pressed to tell you what! My life is quite full \u2013 filled with wonderful friends, family, love, music, good food, good wine and wonderful musical opportunities. Again \u2013 all I can say is \u201cThank you! More please!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you get emotional easily?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I can get emotional fairly easily \u2013 I think part of being an artist is doing your best to stay in tune with your emotions!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What are you afraid of the most?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Making mistakes. But this is inevitable \u2013 so I\u2019m constantly getting practice learning to be compassionate towards myself and getting up and trying again whenever these mistakes occur.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What do you find boring?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Singers and musicians who forget that technique is a means to an end, and that is should only serve to enable us to achieve the greatest expression possible<i>.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What makes you laugh heartily?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My mistakes\u2026sometimes.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you believe more in love or friendship?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I love my friends deeply. I don\u2019t know that I see a difference between the two. But either way, I think it\u2019s important to have both romantic and platonic love in copious amounts in one\u2019s life.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you have a recurrent dream?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">That I have arrived at a gig, but there was no rehearsal period.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How important is money to you?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Pretty important \u2013 money is what enables me to make art. Between having co-founded the art song institute in Chicago (CAIC) and producing my recording projects, I\u2019ve had to learn a lot about raising money. The most important thing about art that I\u2019ve learned through the process of raising money is why it is important to have a clear artistic vision and a mission behind my music-making. Without those things, what we do doesn\u2019t matter.<i><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SEphSOsVpvU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which is the item you like spending money on the most?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Great food and wine.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you collect anything? And if yes, how did this collection start?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">CDs and books! I love my library, and it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been building since I was a teenager. In this age of digital media, I still love having paper books, and I can\u2019t bring myself to give up my CD collection.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which are your favorite readings?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I love reading lots of things, both non-fiction and fiction. I also have a penchant for sci-fi. Two of my favorite books are by Ursula K. Le Guin: <em>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em> and <em>The Dispossessed.<\/em><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which city or cities do you relate to the most?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">San Francisco \u2013 it\u2019s my chosen home of the last 5 years, and it is the place where I have felt most at home in my adult life.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s your favorite color?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue or Red.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>And your favorite flower?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Tulips.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Your favourite singer(s)?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Susan Graham, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, John Mark Ainsley, Cecilia Bartoli, Dame Janet Baker, the list goes on\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which is the first record you ever bought?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><i>Into the Woods, by <\/i>Stephen Sondheim.<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>The film you love the most?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>Six Degrees of Separation<\/em> or <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em>\u2026it\u2019s a toss-up and depends on my mood. I also am very fond of<em> Am\u00e9lie<\/em>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_zU3zXTFq4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Your favorite season and why?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Summer\u2026but in San Francisco, where it isn\u2019t too hot. I love Summer, because everyone seems a bit more relaxed during the summers.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How is your relationship with technology and what is the electronic gadget you can\u2019t do without?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I am a bit addicted to my apple devices (laptop, iPad and iPhone)\u2026I\u2019ve been working very hard to break this addiction lately, because I feel it can too easily pull me out of the present moment and out of my center, which I don\u2019t like. It\u2019s too easy to reach for the phone upon waking up in the morning \u2013 but I find I\u2019m set up so much better for the day when I don\u2019t do this, and wait until I\u2019ve meditated, written my morning pages and made myself some coffee and breakfast. This is a process, however\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How\u2019s your attitude towards TV?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I love TV! Netflix and Amazon Prime keep be good company when I am on the road and feeling lonely in hotel rooms\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How is your relationship with politics?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s quite fraught these days, to be honest. There is so much anger, rage, frustration and fear in the world now. While I understand this and empathize with these feelings (even feel them myself), I am not sure that the path forward lies in this emotional space. I hope and pray for healing and increased compassion as we continue to progress as a human, world-wide society.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you have causes that are very important for you?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">LGBTQ+ causes are very important to me. The amount of suffering caused worldwide by people\u2019s closed-mindedness, bigotry and hatred of LGBTQ+ people is incredible to me. I\u2019ve felt strongly that it\u2019s important to open about being gay throughout my career \u2013 mostly because I feel it\u2019s part of my responsibility as a public person. It\u2019s important to show other LGBTQ+ people who are still in the closet that it does indeed get better.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrWmmayAXT8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Day or night?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I like to work during the day. But I also love spending time with friends and loved ones at night. This means that I like matinees more than most of my colleagues\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which is the situation you consider the most relaxing?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cooking a meal for friends.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Tell us your ideal day.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My ideal day is a day in which I am home, in between engagements. In these ideal days, I wake up, meditate, write my morning pages, make breakfast and then do some administrative work at my computer until noon. Then at noon, I go to a yoga class. After, I have lunch, work a bit more, and then study music for 2-3 hours in the afternoon. Around 6, I love to make dinner for friends or my boyfriend, and we watch a movie at home on the couch.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s the soundtrack to your everyday life?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I start almost every day listening to a Bach cantata.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>The holiday or the trip you\u2019d like to take?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My favorite holidays are ones where I rent a beautiful home with a pool in Sonoma County, CA. We spend the days relaxing, reading, perhaps doing wine-tastings, or floating in the pool. In the evenings, we make dinner as a group and drink all the wine we purchased!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How would you define your relation with food ?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I love food.<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Mediterranean diet, macrobiotics or fast food?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mediterranean.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Your favourite dish?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">This is a toss-up: it\u2019s either pasta or Chinese dumplings. In general, I just love simple, rustic dishes that are made with quality ingredients. We are lucky in California to have wonderful produce, so I get to experience this quite often here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Can you cook? What\u2019s your specialty? And what\u2019s the dish you cook more often?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Yes. I don\u2019t really have any specialties, but I do make good pasta\u2026and I do make good Chinese dumplings!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Red or white wine?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Both. And Ros\u00e9. And champagne.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Which is the place where cooking is the worst ever?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The cafeteria of my summer music camp in high school.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Was music a vocation?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Yes. I have always felt called to be musician.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpsNdaYYa8s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What would you want someone who doesn\u2019t know your voice to listen to?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The words I\u2019m singing.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>How do you monitor the evolution of your voice?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I record myself a LOT. The technology that is in our phones now is amazing, it\u2019s such a valuable resource to be able to record yourself so easily.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>If you were granted the chance to chose a role, which one would it be?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Tom Rakewell in <em>The Rake\u2019s Progress.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Do you enjoy success? To which extent?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Yes! It\u2019s always such a relief when something is successful!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What do you do an hour prior to going on stage?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I warm up with a set of vocal exercises, meditate, study my score, and put on my performance clothes.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s never missing in your dressing room?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Me.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What do you think of when looking at yourself in the mirror?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Do I look ok?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>Your mood at the moment?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Focused. I am about to leave for a performance with the San Francisco Symphony in a couple of hours.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><b>What\u2019s your motto?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The only time it all consistently makes sense is when I sing.<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Versione italiana a cura di Paolo Tancredi.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian &amp; English version Variazioni verbali sull\u2019originale questionario di Marcel Proust. 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