“I don’t think I can ever stop singing them. The songs, based on religious poetry by medieval monks, are difficult to sing both rhythmically and technically, she said, but with a great deal of hard work and time, she grew to love and master them and now they’re a staple of her repertoire. She will sing Samuel Barber’s “Hermit Songs,” which she learned during her three years in the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. But she did talk about a few pieces on the concert bill that are dear to her heart.
To get Bradley past her stage fright, her voice coach in Houston, Lois Alba, began having Bradley sing at small parties in her home and slowly Bradley came out of her shell.īradley said she also loves the element of surprise, so she’s keeping much of her planned program next weekend a secret. But as a shy young singer, she was petrified to talk to a crowd. It helped me and it gave me a new start.”īradley said she loves doing concerts and she enjoys connecting with the audience by introducing each song and what it means to her. “I got to be an aunt and reconnect with my roots. That gave me a lot of strength emotionally and personally,” she said. “I lost a lot of work and it was a very scary time for me, but I will say the best part is that I spent most of it with my family who I’m very close to. She was around to welcome a baby niece, to spend Christmas with her family and to reconnect - virtually, at least - with the choir at her family’s longtime church.Īlthough the pandemic was devastating for her career, Bradley said the time she spent in Kentucky was good for her soul. After years of living out of a suitcase with only brief stops in Kentucky for rest or family celebrations, Bradley settled in. In February 2020, she went home to visit her family in Versailles, Ky., for one week, then one by one all of her opera production and concert engagements were canceled.
She’d just finished a triumphant run as Aida in San Diego Opera’s “Aida,” which marked her American debut in a major role, and she was looking forward to gigs at several other American opera houses. Two years ago this month, soprano Michelle Bradley was riding high.
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