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The Indiana Lawyer Podcast with Maura Johnson

The Indiana Lawyer Podcast with Maura Johnson

Opera voice training for lawyers: Anne Fuchs on courtroom presence

Sep 2, 2026 · 35 min · 17 segments

Opera voice training can help lawyers sound more confident, grounded and persuasive by changing how they breathe, stand and use resonance in a room. Anne Fuchs, founder of Foxy Opera LLC and senior…

Opera voice training can help lawyers sound more confident, grounded and persuasive by changing how they breathe, stand and use resonance in a room. Anne Fuchs, founder of Foxy Opera LLC and senior director of fellowship and statewide civics initiatives at the Mitch Daniels Leadership Foundation, explains how classical vocal technique became a framework for professional communication. She traces her start in a church choir, formal voice lessons at 13 and opera studies before a legal job introduced her to the professional world that would later become an early audience for her coaching. After four years...

Opera voice training can help lawyers sound more confident, grounded and persuasive by changing how they breathe, stand and use resonance in a room. Anne Fuchs, founder of Foxy Opera LLC and senior…

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Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈4k followers

Speakers: Anne FuchsGuestMaura JohnsonHost

Top entities: Indiana×9 Opera Indiana Court of Appeals×4 Laborers' International Union of North America×4 Lebanon×5

Grounding and Presence10:59 – 12:36

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Anne FuchsGuest

10:59

What were some of those things that you noticed? Oh, let me tell you my favorite

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:04

one.

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Maura JohnsonHost

11:04

Yeah, I'm excited

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:05

about this.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:06

I think this was the real aha moment, and I'll never reveal who it was, but there was a day that I watched a woman arguing in front of the Supreme Court of Indiana while standing on one leg.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:21

Interesting.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:22

She was nervous.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:23

The leg was up.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:24

She kind of looked like a flamingo.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:26

Yeah.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:27

And she was like waving around.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:29

She had no balance, no grounding.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:31

And her arguments were every bit as flimsy as her posture.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:34

Yeah.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:35

And then at some point, I don't know if it was a chicken or egg situation, but she put the other foot down and suddenly she was grounded.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:42

Interesting.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:43

The argument was delivered.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:44

And that's like opera 101.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:46

You never do anything with your voice unless your feet are firmly grounded.

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Anne FuchsGuest

11:53

You wouldn't dream of making a sound without doing it.

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Maura JohnsonHost

11:55

Wow.

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Maura JohnsonHost

11:56

That's so well.

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Maura JohnsonHost

11:57

And I feel like I mean, that kind of makes me think of the public speaking class I took in college, which I

A

Anne FuchsGuest

12:02

was not very good at.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

12:04

I bet you were great.

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Performing ArtsArts
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Posture, Breathing, and Resonance TrainingPersonal Development > Communication Skills > Public Speaking > Vocal Presence and Confidence
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Grounding and Presence10:59 – 12:36

A

Anne FuchsGuest

10:59

What were some of those things that you noticed? Oh, let me tell you my favorite

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:04

one.

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:04

Yeah, I'm excited

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:05

about this.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:06

I think this was the real aha moment, and I'll never reveal who it was, but there was a day that I watched a woman arguing in front of the Supreme Court of Indiana while standing on one leg.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:21

Interesting.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:22

She was nervous.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:23

The leg was up.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:24

She kind of looked like a flamingo.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:26

Yeah.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:27

And she was like waving around.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:29

She had no balance, no grounding.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:31

And her arguments were every bit as flimsy as her posture.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:34

Yeah.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:35

And then at some point, I don't know if it was a chicken or egg situation, but she put the other foot down and suddenly she was grounded.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:42

Interesting.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:43

The argument was delivered.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:44

And that's like opera 101.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:46

You never do anything with your voice unless your feet are firmly grounded.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

11:53

You wouldn't dream of making a sound without doing it.

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:55

Wow.

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:56

That's so well.

M

Maura JohnsonHost

11:57

And I feel like I mean, that kind of makes me think of the public speaking class I took in college, which I

A

Anne FuchsGuest

12:02

was not very good at.

A

Anne FuchsGuest

12:04

I bet you were great.

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