Sarah Coburn. Image courtesy Barrett Vantage Artist.
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Coburn’s life has recently become much more complicated since the birth of her first child, something she confided to the audience when she sang a warm, maternal rendition of Strauss’s “Wiegenlied.” “I could write a book about life as a mother,” she says, “and especially as a traveling mother.” This was the first professional trip Coburn has made without her little bundle of joy. She has continued to travel around the world with her daughter to perform, most recently as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula in Vienna. “We’ve survived,” Coburn says. “She took her 35th plane trip last week. It’s so funny, her little passport has stamps all over it. She is always asking me, ‘Mommy go airplane?’ ”
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Does Coburn mind journalists asking her about what it’s like coming to Washington as the daughter of a US senator, particularly when her father has just pulled out of the so-called Gang of Six? Politics and art do not generally mix: When she was singing in 2008’s Tamerlano opposite legendary tenor Plácido Domingo, her father was in the news for his attempts to slash government funding of the arts. “I would never get tired of being asked about my dad,” she says emphatically. “I’m very proud of my dad. He has more integrity than anyone I know.”
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