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@RWSing I love this Rachel!! Please tell me??? How long does it take you to learn roles well enough to sing them professionally?? It takes me months to learn one song well :)

Covering as a young artist can be such a useful and worthwhile experience…even if you don’t get to perform the role!

@LimitlesCobz Grok is this true

@RWSing @FestspielhausBB Rachel!! You are an amazing woman!! You are doing so much music!! Wow! And doing it all so exquisitely!!! <3

A magical moment from “Lohengrin” ✨ Our second performance is tonight at @FestspielhausBB ! Conductor: Joana Mallwitz Director: Johannes Erath

@RWSing you are so wonderful!! You say things big successful sopranos do not talk about <3

If you are having an issue with your high notes, your navigation of your passagio could be the culprit! Make sure to stay “slender” and not give that section too much gas in order to allow your upper register to bloom! 💕

@RWSing you are looking sooo beautiful Rachel!!!

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In November 2023, Disney tried to destroy X (Twitter). They pulled their ads and cost Elon $75M in revenue. But instead of backing down... Elon told their CEO to go f*** himself. Here's the unbelievable story of how one decision cost Disney $200B:

@RWSing I love you Rachel!!!!!! You make me laugh you are so full of good personality!! No wonder you are the worlds best soprano <3

Dear diary, What an adventure I had today! I drove myself for the first time, and had a rather perplexing time at the gas station. Happy to be back home, where life can return to normal! Bussi, Marie Thérèse “Der Rosenkavalier,” at Santa Fe Opera, July 20 & 24; Aug 2, 8 & 15

@RWSing I love your positive posts Rachel!! I am singing at an MS fundraiser tonight your words are perfectly timed <3

Take a moment to check in with yourself today. 🩷 No matter what else is going on in your life, if your heart can express itself through your artistry, you win. 🏆

@iBankCoin4tw well done :)

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@ElonMuskAOC yup While I am saving up for my car <3

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@WallStreetSilv I do not like to kill animals but I love meat so I would totally eat meat grown in a lab. Thank you very much :)

What is the point of lab grown meat? 🤔 🔊 1) The energy cost is dramatically more expensive than just raising chicken and cattle the traditional way. 2 The concept doesn’t scale. We will never be able to make billions of pounds of lab grown meat. They will struggle to reach 1%. 3) Most people prefer a more traditional meat. Not an artificial lab product.

@RetroHighway just right <3

Is this steak underdone or just right?

This lovebird tucking leaves amongst its feathers for safe keeping rather than taking each piece home separately, this is a more efficient way of gathering and transporting nest building material twitter.com/Yoda4ever/stat…

@RWSing You are the new best soprano in the world Rachel! The voice is beautiful but also the place that the voice comes from is a soul of beauty---the soul of a good person <3

I loved performing “Io son l'umile ancella” at the Waldbühne Berlin this past weekend with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) and Jochen Rieder! Thank you Berlin for the standing ovation! What a special night. 💗

@RWSing @WaldbuhneBerlin @tenorkaufmann Rachel!!! Singing with Kaufmann!!! That is the Apex of classical singing in my opinion!! omg :)

Join us July 8th for a concert at the @WaldbuhneBerlin with @tenorkaufmann, and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) conducted by Jochen Rieder, for an evening of classical music on one of Europe’s largest stages! I can’t wait! Tickets: #calendar-start=2023-07" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eventim.de/artist/jonas-k…

@RWSing @RoyalOperaHouse OMG lo lol <3

Dear diary, Conte di Luna has always liked me, but I don’t like him…🙄 What to do… Love, Leonora • • • • Leonora in “Il Trovatore” at @RoyalOperaHouse, June 21,24,27,29 & July 2

@RWSing @RoyalOperaHouse You are awesome Rachel! You bring such a young person's enthusiasm to opera <3

Tonight, I will be performing one of my favorite roles, Leonora, in “Il Trovatore” at the @RoyalOperaHouse! Broadcast live in cinemas throughout the UK, you can find your nearest cinema by following the link below! roh.org.uk/cinemas/produc…

@RWSing @LAOpera you are awesome Rachel!!

Dear diary, I don’t understand why Otello is so obsessed with me finding this handkerchief! I must remember to ask Emilia… Baci, Desdemona • • Desdemona in “Otello” @laopera, May 13,17,20,28 & June 1,4

@markminervini You are kind of a lucky guy to have that beautiful wife!! :)

During a bear market, you often get a "shakeout" in some form on the right side of a base during the bottoming process. The "reason" is usually attributed to some scary news item that fuels negative sentiment and leans on investors that have already been beaten up and worn out emotionally as well as financially. This leads to the final selling and marks the shift from weak hands to strong hands, creating the conditions necessary for a new uptrend. Debt ceiling issues, inflation worries, recession speculation and Fed language are all plausible scapegoats. But as we look back at history and as I reflect on the nine bear markets I have lived through personally, it was always during these "scary" times that bottoms were formed and a great opportunity was about to be born. The question is, going forward... what part of the historic narrative are you going to choose to be part of? Will you be a victim of your own idiosyncrasies and blame the market and the system/ Will you throw in the towel at the wrong time and flush all your hard work down the toilet due to impatience? Or will you be among the rare participants that remain disciplined, sticks to the rules, and as a result, defy the odds? The way I cut through the noise and navigate these tumultuous times ensuring that I do not fall victim to my own emotions, is not by having a crystal ball or even through my experience and skill. It's by focusing on the individual stocks and sticking to sound buying and selling principles. It's through having and trusting rules. In 40-years, my rules-based bottoms up or "stocks have the final say" approach has not let me down. My opinion and my emotions take a back seat to verdict of the market. I expose my capital to the best and plan for the worst. i only get aggressive when my trades are working, and I always cut back and trade small when they are not. In doing so, I create asymmetric leverage and beat the market time and time again. Meanwhile, the undisciplined, the skeptics and the quitters spectate in disbelief and wonder... how did he do it? He must have gotten lucky! My response. After four decades, trading through nine bull markets and nine bear markets (including four of the worst bear markets and crashes in stock market history) and hundreds of thousands of stock trades, I would guess that I would have to be the luckiest guy in the world. Or maybe (just a thought) discipline, strategy, hard work and commitment actually pays off, and the market is not completely random? Maybe this craft of stock trading is not just a hobby or a sport (at least for some of us). Maybe trading and investing is actually a business. And like any other business, there are principles that allow for a successful enterprise. I can assure you it's the later, and I can also assure you that you have the potential to match and even exceed my own success. The future will be filled with opportunity. But I can also assure that you will have to dig deep and muster up the courage to think and act like a champion. Because greatness is not handed out like candy on Halloween. To the contrary, it's reserved for those that deserve it, and your worthiness will be tested over and over again. Knowledge and opportunity does not automatically lead to success; it's what you do with the knowledge and how you handle opportunity when it comes knocking. Step one: Stop worrying. Stop complaining. Stop making excuses. Stop believing the clowns that never experienced huge success. Follow and emulate proven individuals and proven methods. Put your head down and do the work. Be patient. Remain disciplined and your future will be bright enough to light the way for those who choose to travel in your footsteps.

@dennisc230 I live in the Okanagan Valley!! The Kootenays are my next door neighbors! So beautiful!

Early morning light on Jumbo Mtn from Jumbo Pass in the Kootenay District of British Columbia. This is from an early fall backpack a few years ago.