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Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.

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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Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.
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I was always a very good student.
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I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.
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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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My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
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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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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 constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.
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I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
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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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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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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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Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase didn't work after days of trying, then the exact opposite route should at least be explored, as well as every alternative in between, as counterintuitive as that often seemed.
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My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.
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I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.
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Singers can also get away with a lot based on youth, strength and enthusiasm, only to find ten years later that what was once just a niggling problem has brought their careers to an end.
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Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.
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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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An interpretation exists because of what we find between the notes.
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I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.
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