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Renee Fleming is a seasoned consultant, born on February 14, 1959. She has accumulated extensive experience in her career, providing professional consulting services to various industries.

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

Behavior Singers Nerves Bad Behavior

Author:Renee Fleming

“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.”

Mean Ideals Singers Rejects Opera Opera Singers

Author:Renee Fleming

“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.”

Years Ends Problem Careers Youth Ten Singers Enthusiasm Get Away

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“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.”

Looks Seeing Mouths Notes Wide Breathe Singers High Notes

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.”

Ifs Way Long Moving Imagine Long Time Beats Notes Singers Spinning

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“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.”

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Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“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.”

Heart Individual Audience Pieces Style Perfection Window Surface Singers Flawless Idiosyncrasies Individual Style

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“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.”

Way Years Fall Passion Months Falling In Love Conviction Singers Opera Sixteen Great Passion Very Romantic Opera Singers Sixteen Year Olds

Author:Renee Fleming

“The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.”

Way Firsts Littles Made Character Together Bits Quality Our Lives Little Bit Singers Amber Necklaces

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.”

Has Beens Able Crosses Singers Opera Popular Music Opera Singers

Author:Renee Fleming

“Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.”

Singers Christmas Discs

Author:Renee Fleming

“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.”

Young Roles Deeper Singers

Author:Renee Fleming

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

Talking Singers Video Historic

Author:Renee Fleming

“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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Author:Renee Fleming

About the Author

Born: February 14, 1959
Known for: Consultant
Quotes: 79

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