Music to my ears

Elsa Dreisig Soprano I am a little bit obsessed with Barbara Pravi, a young chanteuse. I wouldn’t say it’s pop music, but it’s very French in style. I really love her Prière aux rêves, which is a concept based on a lot of prayers – prayers to beauty, prayers to birds, prayers to music. They have nothing religious in them, but it’s just beautiful. She’s very poetic and I also like her personality and the way she shares her art.

I listen to Maria Callas’s recordings of all the roles I sing. I have just sung the title role in Donizetti’s , and this is Callas’s signature role, so she was my