I'm Lucky - I Can Do Two

Someone Once Said That There Are Probably Seven Naturally Good Singing Days In A Year-and Those Are Days You Won't Be Booked. What We Must Learn Is How To Sing Through All The Other Days.

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.

We Sing With The Entire Body. The Sounds That We Make Emanate Not Just From The Head, But From The Whole Heart And Soul, And, Most Important, The Gut.

The Student's Job Is To Stay Open-minded, To Quell The Knee-jerk Defensiveness We All Possess In The Face Of Suggestions For Improvement, And To Maintain Patience When Faced With A Process That Is Often Slow, Confusing, And Frustrating.

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.