Classical vocal performance requires exceptional technical mastery, interpretive depth, and psychological endurance. Yet the very conditions that support artistry, including rigorous training, high public visibility, and continuous evaluative pressure, also heighten vulnerability to music performance anxiety and stress-related burnout. This conceptual paper introduces the Creative Resilience Model (CRM), a comprehensive framework explaining how singers can achieve sustainable artistry. Drawing on psychological flexibility theory, self-determination theory, and contemporary identity research, the CRM highlights three mutually reinforcing capacities: mindset flexibility, expressive agency, and identity work. Rather than viewing resilience as mere recovery from adversity, the model conceives it as a dynamic process of creative growth. Two contrasting Lieder, Beethoven’s Adelaide and Schubert’s Gretchen am Spinnrade, are used to illustrate how repertoire functions as a laboratory for resilience. The paper offers a research agenda and practical recommendations for studio pedagogy, conservatoire curricula, and institutional policy, shifting the focus from symptom management to long-term artistic flourishing.