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more about #opera more comments → NefariousNewt: I would certainly like to visit Dresden. more » Rocket Queen: Reminds me of a scene in Inglourious Basterds. more » morninggloria: When your name is Hildegard, you pretty much have to grow up to be an opera singer. more » JerseyGrrrl: This has been a day of great writing for you, Ms. Anna N! Really enjoyed this, as I enjoy opera but don't obsessively follow it. I wonder if in this... more » jbrecken: Now how will the audience know when it's over? more » andBegorrah: What a bunch of bel-licose cant-o. more » mezzosop: I am a young opera singer---2008 marked the beginning of my professional career. I have a big voice, and a big body. The field has definitely, in th... more » nora charles: I wasn't a theater major, but I know enough to say that anybody that compares opera to television has failed Theatre Arts 101. Live drama, unlike tele... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: This depresses me a lot more than it should, and primarily because my silly secret life dream is to sing opera. more » MizJenkins: Asshat. How does one continue to sing opera after gastric bypass surgery? I would imagine this would have a significant effect on your breathing and ... more » Snowbunny: A little off and on topic, but one time in Opera class, we were learning about Brunnhildes and the mountains and fire and all the shit a man had to go... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Oh good lord, can we put away the dicks for even one day and stop acting like no one and nothing's worth watching, engaging in or supporting unless it... more » nerdycellist: But fat dudes can still sing opera, right? more » ElleL: RIP, Betty. What an amazing gift you left us. Wow, celebrity deaths really do happen in three's. more » save jinger: Rest in peace, Betty. May your voice reach high into the heavens. more » -
#grandopera
R.I.P. Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens, a dramatic sopranao famed for her interpretation of Wagner, has died at 72. The cause of death was apparently aneurism. [NYT] -
#ariadneobnoxious
Telegraph Writer: Skinny Opera Singers More Believable, Hotter
Ever since Deborah Voigt was fired from a production for being too fat to fit into a little black dress, opera critics have been charting a trend toward skinnier singers. But none have done so as annoyingly as Michael White. More » -
#soundofmusic
R.I.P. Betty Allen
Betty Allen, who overcame a childhood of incredible challenges to become a world-renowned mezzo-soprano and voice teacher, has died at 83. Ms. Allen was also a famed arts administrator, running the Harlem School of the Arts for 13 years. [NYT] -
#dancedancerevolution
Ballet Shoes Feeling Extra Painful
Already set upon by nature, time, gravity, ballet dancers are hit extra-hard by the economy. More » -
#itaintovertill
Opera: The "Last Musical Bastion" Of Segregation
The death of the original "Bess" from Porgy & Bess comes at a time when people are reflecting on breaking the color barrier in classical music. More » -
