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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.
Renee Fleming
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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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I want to get out of the major opera houses.
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I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.
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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 listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.
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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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For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
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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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