A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.
From Renee Fleming
Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.
For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.
For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.
No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.
My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.
Opera is really fun.
Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.
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