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I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18. Zola Jesus

Old Perform Performing Until Opera Years Jesus Started

True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect. Zola Jesus

You Problem Reflect Dramatic Guidelines Must Vocabulary Objectively True Performing Know Piece Pieces Opera Within Context Hard Expression Interpreted

I had the working class ethic. I wanted to make a living and there weren't many opportunities for an opera singer in Yorkshire, so I went onto the club circuit. Jane McDonald

Class Opportunities Club Living Circuit Onto Had Opera Opera Singer Singer Make Were Yorkshire Wanted Ethic Working Working-Class Many

My mother was an opera singer and my father is a clarinet player, composer and conductor. Hildur Gudnadottir

Mother Father Clarinet Composer Opera Opera Singer Singer Conductor Player

Growing up as a classical musician, you're taught a lot about outreach and about how people aren't being taught music in school. But you don't have to study music to like it. And a lot of the music that people like - be it jazz or rock or opera - is stuff they haven't studied. Hilary Hahn

I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players. Denny Laine

Listening Solo Brought Records Piano Opera Singers Up Players

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act. Kelli O'Hara

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