Des Moines Cityview interviews Anna Gebhardt of Annalibera in advance of their tour kick-off show at Vaudeville Mews – on the intersection of her training and instincts, her comfort level with the speed of their local ascent (“you don’t get to decide when people like you”), and performing her own compositions:

When I’m singing opera, I choke up,” she said. “I think it’s because I’m not the authority on those songs. Some amazing composer is. But when performing my songs, this is how I want them. I can sing them with bad technique if I want to, but I don’t get nervous. I’m comfortable on stage then.

Read the whole interview here.

// Annalibera media page //