User:JSFarman/sandbox/Mary Lou Falcone

Falcone grew up the eldest of three children in an Italian American family in New Jersey. When she was 10, her father was disabled by a stroke, and music became her emotional outlet. As a teenager she earned a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. She refers to herself as a “chicken soprano” — a soprano afraid of the high notes. Many of her colleagues were extraordinary singers; Falcone felt that her own gifts were slighter. She soon discovered that performance was something she could take or leave.

NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/arts/music/lewy-body-dementia-mary-lou-falcone.html