The Lady Wants To Go On, after 25 years
OF the many languages Laura Fygi has sung in, her native Dutch isn't one of them. She said with a laugh: "Dutch isn't really a language. It's a throat disease. I prefer Roman languages because they have more temperament and melody."
Having already sung in English, Spanish and Italian, the 59-year-old waded into something a little more exotic - Chinese; her 2012 album Flower includes four songs in Mandarin.
She said: "I don't speak Mandarin at all, so it was challenging. The vowels are so different and very close together. I had a teacher with me when I was recording, and she would teach me how t…
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