Performing Authentically: Originality, Audience, and Claiming the Cover (feat. Tina Langevin)

Tina Langevin is a powerhouse vocalist and educator with training in voice performance & pedagogy whose career spans opera, musical theatre, rock, and heavy metal; she’s performed with NC Opera and Wilmington Opera and fronts projects from Heart Brigade to Crimson Steel (original metal). Tina breaks down the layers of being “authentic”—honoring style conventions, bringing your own story, and refusing boxes—whether you’re singing an original or a cover. She shows how intention, technique, and honest feeling travel across styles—and why authenticity isn’t perfection, just truth. This episode of Being Authentic AF was produced by Brandon Talton. Original music written and performed by John Fichera.