Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Susanna Phillips

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Susanna Phillips.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Susanna Phillips

Susanna Phillips (Huntington) is an American singer who has sung leading lyric soprano roles at leading American and international opera houses.

One of the coolest things Twickenham Fest does is to commission new works.
When you go to a show on opening night, or even the second performance, it is at the very beginning of what it will become. By the end of this run, the show will actually be what it is intended to be.
As a young singer, you have to get experience somehow, to try things out and grow as a singer. They way you do that is by going through the ranks and singing at companies like Opera Birmingham. It's a perfect place to foster a career.
As many times as I have done 'Marriage of Figaro,' I have never been able to ask Mozart what he intended in this piece. — © Susanna Phillips
As many times as I have done 'Marriage of Figaro,' I have never been able to ask Mozart what he intended in this piece.
I applied to a few conservatories. I was sure that I wouldn't get in, and I didn't plan to go to N.Y. But then I got into Juilliard.
Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.
It was at Juilliard that I realized that being a singer encompasses so many things that I am interested in. Literature, languages, physics, history, art. You really get to explore so many things.
As a young musician, you really want to play.
New music is absolutely integral to classical music.
Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many varieties, and it helps to inform you about what you like when you see a lot.
Concert repertoire is some of the most beautiful music ever written, and I frequently seek out opportunities to perform it.
The rehearsal process is the most important thing to me, so working with colleagues who are effusive, thoughtful, young and vivacious is really inspiring as a musician.
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