Renée Fleming on success, stage fright, and giving up 

John Dekker yes she is, her name is Candy Palmater.

LOL.

Fullmetal1890P It’s very complicated right? I started my classical training a year ago, and the pressure the world puts on young people to be successful right away is huge. For this past week my voice teacher has been telling me that my voice will develop, but I need to be patient and work. Hopefully one day I’ll be in a opera school, developing my voice as well 😂

i was thinking just the same :)

Anna Karenina

Also, kudos to the interviewer. These were interesting questions.

Cheers! Thanks for watching!

@@ian1856 my dude said "troglodyte." ten points for whatever house you align yourself with.

It's not just North American. Scandinavians Aussies New Zealanders, Germans ... none boo like the Italians. And the booing there isn't just a matter of quality. It's a matter of loyalty like baracking for your favourite team. You need a cool head to decide whether you were up to speed or not .

@@frogmouth Opera was founded in Italy and the greatest singers have sung at La Scala so there is a tradition for great singing. The people that booed her had most likely heard some of the great singers. That is a plus. We don't want the art of opera singing to fall into decay. If you sing at La Scala you have to be up to par or you'll be booed. Keeping the level high is what distinguishes La Scala from other theatres in other countries. Opera is a very serious tradition in Italy. It's got nothing to do with "barracking your favourite singer" anymore.

She wasn't put here for your pleasure

+Zelmira Did you meet her before a performance when she may have felt, rushed, anxious, nauseous, or insecure? Or did you meet her after a performance when she may have felt, tired, exhausted, hungry, ready for bed, or unhappy with her performance? Did you consider HER experience as a vulnerable human being when you met her? Or did you expect ANOTHER performance from her, where you wanted her to pretend that she was overjoyed to see you, & absolutely fascinated by your opinions & feelings about how she made you feel? Did it cross your mind that her child or husband may have been sick, & once her obligations were met, she just wanted to get home? Were you thinking of HER when you met, or just about how important it was to YOU that she gave you 5 minutes of her time? Something to consider.

@@hiyadroogs 👌🏾

She seems like an inward person and I’m such a person. People always mistake us for being hostile or unapproachable, but we really just process things differently and we may not be aware of how people perceive us at all. It kinda seems like women are criticized more for their personality rather than their skills. Everyone is not smiley and perky, especially performers who are likely in the process of doing a performance when it’s not just an interview. Imagine someone walking up to you in the middle of your work day.

Projection?