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Opera is so much more than Viking horns and Valhalla. The traditional way that we talk about opera leads to gatekeeping and has limited our ability to see al...
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Aug 18, 2022 · In this video, Cassandra Douglas challenges social norms as to whether opera, at its core, is actually pretentious or only perceived that way.
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Sep 21, 2020 · Opera is a bit like that bag of carrots in the back of your fridge. It's been around for as long as you can remember. But where did it come from, and what is...
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the standards of operatic singing have plummeted in the past two or three decades. Very few singers today have anything like a good vocal technique. You hear so many undernourished and ill-trained voices, even among the 'big stars'.
It's been a bummer being an opera fan recently (off the top of my head: San Diego closing + the Met having financial difficulties, and those are just the very recent examples). Why is our industry having so much trouble supporting itself? Do you think it can be fixed? If yes, how so?
Aug 27, 2024 · There’s no silver-bullet answer for why opera has lost its footing in the popular imagination in the decades since.
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Aug 16, 2012 · Is opera healthy today, or is it a 400-year-old art form struggling for its life in the face of fractured budgets, aging audiences and an explosion of new media options to occupy our eyes and...
