Barbara Hannigan: How I overcame anxiety
OrchestrasThe phenomenal Canadian singer and conductor is the last person you’d imagine to be paralysed by performance anxiety. But she did, and the way she got out of it was by applying sports psychology.
Hannigan opens up in conversation with Met principal trumpet David Krauss in the indispensable podcast Speaking Soundly.
‘I still get nervous but I handle it better now,’ she confides.
‘I’m literally sweating as you describe it,’ says David.
‘It forced me to look at the philosophy and psychology of mental strength,’ she continues.
Listen here.
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