No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen. – Renee Fleming
Ive spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. – Renee Fleming
Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly its about not getting bored. – Renee Fleming
I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. Its a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether its a great date or something thats just hugely romantic. – Renee Fleming