I went through a few years of obsessive opera-going in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s – exclusively at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera at the Coliseum. I gave it up for a number of reasons. First, I forsook the ROH when, after four fruitless years, I realised that paying extra to be a “Friend” of Covent Garden didn’t mean diddley when it came to getting tickets to see productions featuring star singers such as Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. The thought of smug members of the great and the good – and their spouses, of course – enjoying productions from which we ‘umble folk would seemingly be excluded in perpetuity no matter how much extra dosh we bunged the organisation finally stuck in my craw.
Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical. Show all posts
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught is talented and pretty - and chubby. What's sexist about expecting opera singers to look the part?
I went through a few years of obsessive opera-going in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s – exclusively at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera at the Coliseum. I gave it up for a number of reasons. First, I forsook the ROH when, after four fruitless years, I realised that paying extra to be a “Friend” of Covent Garden didn’t mean diddley when it came to getting tickets to see productions featuring star singers such as Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. The thought of smug members of the great and the good – and their spouses, of course – enjoying productions from which we ‘umble folk would seemingly be excluded in perpetuity no matter how much extra dosh we bunged the organisation finally stuck in my craw.
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