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“I can tell you honestly, I’m not that passionate anymore about singing and all this stuff, you know?” [New York Observer]
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“a place, no matter how small, in the history of opera.”
…Maria Nache, Anna Netrebko, Maralin Niska, Aase Nordmo-Loevborg…
Some great singers have normal happy stable personal lives with little or no drama, some have terribly difficult temptestuous lives, and some have a bit of both. What this tells us is that no real correlation can be drawn between the art as presented to the public and the personal life.
That’s terribly sensible, Cocky and I agree. Inspiration is by nature intangible. I would go so far as to say that if inspiration were easy to pin down, then it would lose its mysterious and magical qualities. While a lot of great artists draw in inspiration from the turmoil/tragedy of their personal lives, there are also artists out there who get inspirtation from joy and the sheer love of live. And there are all kinds of degrees in between.
if inspiration were easy to pin down, then it would lose its mysterious and magical qualities
not only that, but if inspiration were easy to pin down, people could follow formulas to access it, no aspect of opera would be boring, and we’d have to find new ways to say “I love it!l