For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with the fact that they have used their instruments as tools for detailed communication. — 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 Image
The more you put into it, the more you and the audience will get out of it. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
