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With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
Renee Fleming
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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Opera Singer
Indiana
Pennsylvania
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I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.
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My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
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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.
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