One of the biggest challenges we face as performers is to find our unique and authentic artistic voice.
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
One of the biggest challenges we face as performers is to find our unique and authentic artistic voice.
the more I can engage with audiences, and ideally introduce them to more obscure repertoire, the more successful I feel
It is the music that provides the inspiration. I have always felt incredibly fortunate that I had the opportunity to sing this wonderful music.
My greatest challenge is probably having the ability – and the desire – to embrace wildly different repertoires and styles. The performing arts world loves categories and labels, but I resist being pigeonholed and constantly push the boundaries of what I sing. I am equally comfortable singing cabaret in an intimate music venue, arias in an opera gala, musical theatre on the West End stage, or contemporary music with a sixty- piece orchestra!
The biggest challenge came at the very beginning – to stay true to my technique and my natural voice, no matter what the greats of the opera business were saying when I just started out.