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LDS Opera Singer Stars at the Met, Says Her Greatest Work Is Being a Mom

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“It’s my greatest joy and it always will be. I love being a mother,” Erin Morley says. Learn more about how her faith and family impact her career as an opera singer below.

Erin Morley is a mother, a Mormon, and a world-class opera singer — and she takes the train to work.

Two hours. Both ways.

“I have a deluge of emails I go through on the train,” Morley said. “I’m answering them. I’m coordinating playdates for my kids. I’m working on negotiating a contract. I feel like I’m running a business.”

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But calling Morley’s singing career a “business” is an understatement. The Utah native’s busy performance schedule currently includes rehearsing for her upcoming performance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

Read the rest of the story at DeseretNews.com

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