Renee Fleming Quotes

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.

Renee Fleming

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• 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.

  

  Renee Fleming
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