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Title: Affected singing
Review: Many of you will disagree with me about this, but I feel that Renee Fleming's singing has become extremely self-indulgent. I first saw her sing at Tanglewood in 1990, and thought she was an extraordinary find. Through her first four recordings, I was her biggest fan. But since then, I have found that she uses the same breathy "emotional" attacks, swooping, and over-chested low notes way too many times to be considered either stylistic or sincere. Go back and listen to her early Schubert, Mozart, and Signatures albums and I think you'll see what I mean. I'm very disappointed in what has happened to the best soprano out on the scene - but we saw the same think happen with Kathleen Battle, didn't we? But with Kathleen Battle, it was her little cooing effects and cutie pie delivery that started to take over once she gained super-stardom. Oh well.
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