That's very interesting. When Renata Tebaldi came to New York, a couple of
years ago. She too, was asked about her decision not to have children and
such. Her answer was that she simply wanted an opera career and she felt it
wouldn't have been fair to the "bambino" if she was gone all the time and
not devoting essential time to her child. It is for that reason that she
decided early on that children were not part of her plans. It's a decision
that she took and I wonder whether she regrets it or not. Personally, not
having children but I do have a partner, it is hard enough to have to be
gone singing and having to "find time" to devote to your relationship.
Would you trade places with Renata Tebaldi?......
decisions, decisions....
Rick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isabelle Bracamonte [SMTP:ibracamonte@y...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 1:44 PM
> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
> Subject: [vocalist-temporary] career + children
>
> > Talk about commitment to your craft !!!
>
> I wonder a lot about how a singer with career
> ambitions deals with the desire to have a family.
>
> Renee Fleming's 60 Minutes interview was very
> enlightening on this subject... except that she seemed
> to be constantly regretful that she didn't have any
> time to spend with her little daughters. Beverly
> Sills made a similar comment during that interview
> (she remembered a moment when her six-year-old waved
> goodbye as BS was leaving for a production, with the
> words, "Bye-bye Mommy... no more Mommy...").
>
> For someone who wants the type of career that involves
> contracts signed years in advance, all over the globe,
> is it practical to have children? I realize that this
> question is more pressing for women than for men. Can
> you afford to take the time out of a career to have
> children and recover from the physical stress of
> childbearing and breastfeeding, especially if you
> have, say, La Scala and Met contracts that you signed
> before becoming pregnant?
>
> On the other hand, are you a lesser performer if
> you've never had children? Can you really understand
> the anguish of an Amelia, the dementia of a Medea, the
> passion of a Butterfly, if you've never experienced
> that life-changing, soul-altering thing that (they
> say) motherhood is?
>
> And do the gods get jealous, after all? Is it better
> to devote your entire life to your art? I can't
> believe it's better to have children somebody else
> raises. And the trade-off of choosing a lesser career
> isn't attractive, either, although I know there are
> many fine singers who settle for that.
>
> Isabelle B.
>
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