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Having to travel so much plays...

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I am so envious of my colleagu...

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I do everything in the third p...

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I don't like to sing loud....

I don't like to sing loud.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I don't want to be somebody wh...

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I don't want to record anythin...

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I enjoy the more floaty, expos...

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I learned so many roles so qui...

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.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I listen to archival and histo...

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I'm not exactly an angry young...

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

My parents discussed singing e...

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

A lot of performers don't want...

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.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I haven't really been able to ...

I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

A lot of bad behavior in singe...

A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

My philosophy is that the peop...

My philosophy is that the people around us are there doing as much work if not more work behind the scenes and they're the last people you would ever be unkind to, so I hope I'm not a diva off stage.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

When I sing, the sound is a to...

When I sing, the sound is a totally different range, color, all of it. It's all about the breath. You take in a breath and you make a sound.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

My whole career I played these...

My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I've always been inspired by a...

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

Well, any time Im preparing fo...

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.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

There's no performance where I...

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 83 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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