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Just before the pandemic shut down live performances across the world, the American soprano Claron M. McFadden appeared with pianist Alexander Melnikov at London\\u2019s Wigmore Hall to rave reviews for \\u201can exhilarating and unorthodox show\\u201d and her \\u201cbreathtakingly beautiful\\u201d voice. Having listened to her recordings, we wish we could have been there. From Handel and Bach to modern and contemporary classical music and jazz, Claron is one of the most versatile singers of her generation. In music and in life, she is a fearless but not reckless risktaker who follows her curiosity and trusts her intuition to gamble with all sorts of possibilities. She studied voice at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and traveled to Amsterdam with intentions of remaining for a year. She is still there 40 years later, noting that, in Europe, \\u201cpeople see her first as a human being and not as a black person.\\u201d At 60, Claron is one of a very few vocalists \\u201csinging at [her] level of intensity.\\u201d In a life of going \\u201cafter all that called to her,\\u201d she harbors only three moments of regret and those are mostly about not having managed a situation better. Enviable. Claron is also a founding member of a cultural group Naked Bitches. Curious? Listen to our lively, laugh-filled conversation with Claron to learn more. And listen to her gorgeous recordings on Spotify, Amazon Music and other platforms. For more information about her, checkout her website.