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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.
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 want to get out of the major opera houses.
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I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.
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I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.
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