As I have aged, now nearly 65, the passaggio worry has essentially disappeared and years of performing have built a practice of preparation that still works and I worry less about pleasing others, but my memorization of literature has become the new thing that I started to fear. I've challenged myself recently to recommit to it and the confidence is returning as I find a reengineered process that works. This is nothing new though, over my years of singing it seems every decade my physical reality has changed a bit and I need to reconnect anew. To my mental and spiritual roots of why I love to sing, to my body through Yoga, how my breath support is there if I let it do it's thing, and finally to my imagination of what is possible instead of worrying what I may have lost due to time.