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I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
Musician
Opera Singer
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Renee Fleming
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Opening
Jazz
Needed
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I want to get out of the major opera houses.
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It is our responsibility to learn how to speak to an audience that is less informed about music, to give it a reason to want to come and see us instead of going to the movies.
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Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.
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There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.
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The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.
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In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.
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No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.
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I was always a very good student.
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I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.
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I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.
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A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.
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I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.
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The student's job is to stay open-minded, to quell the knee-jerk defensiveness we all possess in the face of suggestions for improvement, and to maintain patience when faced with a process that is often slow, confusing, and frustrating.
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At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.
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I have had a very difficult time with stage fright it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.
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With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
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So much can be gained from watching other singers, seeing what they do and what they don't do, seeing how they look when they breathe, how wide they open their mouths for a high note.
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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.
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Music was language in our house. It was air.....I feel certain that if I absorbed any lessons at all in the first months and years of my life, they must have been about the work that went into making a beautiful sound.
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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.
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