Tag: Ausrine Stundyte
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‘I’m good at doing pain’: Ausrine Stundyte on trauma, adrenaline, and playing a 300-year-old woman
Introduction: A candid moment in rehearsal In a quiet rehearsal room, a room full of piano notes, breath, and the scent of stage makeup, Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte leans in and makes a blunt declaration: “I am totally not a feminist.” It’s a surprising, provocative start to a conversation that soon spirals into the core…
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I’m good at doing pain: Ausrine Stundyte on trauma, adrenaline and playing a 300-year-old woman
In Her Own Words: The Soprano Who Delivers Pain as Performance In a quiet room of rehearsal, Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte offers a blunt truth: “I am totally not a feminist.” It’s a line that lands with a paradoxical force, revealing a performer who refuses to be boxed by labels even as she speaks candidly…
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“I’m good at doing pain”: Ausrine Stundyte on trauma, adrenaline and playing a 300-year-old woman
From the Rehearsal Room to the Spotlight The Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte is no stranger to demanding roles that demand more than vocal virtuosity. In a recent conversation, she pulled back the curtain on the physical and emotional grind behind a performance that requires not just singing, but survival—pain turned into art, adrenaline harnessed into…