My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share
The more you put into it, the more you and the audience will get out of it. — Renee Fleming Copy Share
Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
“Today, “crossover” has become the golden word of the age. Crossover is based, in fact, on the model used for the development of pop… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
Your brain has a music room, and evolution would not have gone to the trouble of designing that if it didn't have some benefits.… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
“pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many ways in… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. — Renee Fleming Copy Share
Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me to give… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
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… — Renee Fleming Copy Share
