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Among The Important Realizations I Had In My Own Days In The Practice Room Was That If Any One Route To Any One Phrase Didn't Work After Days Of Trying, Then The Exact Opposite Route Should At Least Be Explored, As Well As Every Alternative In Between, As Counterintuitive As That Often Seemed.

My Whole Career I Played These Girls Sort Of 18 To 23.

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.

I Am So Envious Of My Colleagues From 100 Years Ago Who Only Sang New Works, They Hardly Ever Sang Revivals.

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.