Sondra Radvanovsky When you do a ‘messa di voce,’ that means you start soft, you crescendo into loud – and then you go back to soft again. Some people call it circus tricks, but in bel canto, it’s really written into the music. – Sondra Radvanovsky
Sarah Sutton I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can’t run as fast as everyone else. I’m useless at running. – Sarah Sutton
Ruth Ware One of my desert island books, ‘The Leopard’ is not so much a novel as a eulogy for a way of life and a Sicily that was already lost by the time Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was writing. – Ruth Ware
Riccardo Muti It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things. – Riccardo Muti
Rafael Benitez I was lucky to see Di Stefano, on the pitch, in person. He was a winner, as is Raul. – Rafael Benitez
Pooja Hegde I love Madhuri Dixit, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Sandra Bullock. – Pooja Hegde
Paul Gilbert I think I had heard Al Di Meola on the radio when I was a kid, that acoustic record, ‘Friday Night In San Francisco,’ with Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin. His picking was unbelievable. I thought it was incredible. – Paul Gilbert
Paolo di Canio My standard is very high for people without a mission. People with a mission want Paolo di Canio. – Paolo di Canio
Neha Bhasin I’m a Punjabi and I grew up listening to songs like ‘Latthe di Chaddar,’ one of my first singles. – Neha Bhasin
Mirella Freni Most of the big singers came to Modena – Gino Bechi, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano – but I didn’t have a favorite singer, because so many of them gave me so much. – Mirella Freni
Mauro Icardi It is very important for me to be able to play and develop with players like Messi, Dybala, Di Maria, and Banega. – Mauro Icardi
