Mother-daughter singing duos

Besides absorbing the music through hearing her mom practice and perform, Ross has sung for the past four years in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus. She and Fleming were recently onstage together in Otello. Mind you, opera’s not the only genre the two enjoy together: “I loved The Little Mermaid,” says Ross. “And my mom’s taken me to see Phantom six times!”

Like Ross, Ruby Froom, 13, daughter of Manhattan-based singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, also shares music with her mother, both on and off the stage. The two trade YouTube clips of artists such as Regina Spektor and spend the occasional girls’ night out at rock concerts for bands like Panic at the Disco. In 2001, Froom began her music career, playing finger cymbals on Vega’s single “Solitaire.” Last year she sang background vocals on her mother’s Beauty & Crime tour. “I think my mom’s music is really great,” says Froom. “I never knew how important she was until I read some fan letters. She’s influenced so many people’s lives.”