“A live performance is another leap of faith, because it's live performance. It's not manipulated. You cannot go back. So it's a wonderful adventure,” Pretty Yende tells me.
We’re backstage at the Royal Opera House. The soprano is between coaching sessions, relaxed at the piano in athleisure gear and explaining how each performance is something like falling in love. “We meet for the first time and it's a bit awkward, but we kind of like each other. We have this common ground, which is the music,” she explains. “Then it takes us, out of our heads and by the end of the evening, we have connected in the heart.”
