Karen wrote:
> The sad (?) fact is that a serious opera career precludes the kind of
> availability one has to have in order to become a public relations
> commodity. Opera singers are just too damned busy...(deleted text)
> to "play the game"
Is that really true? I can appreciate that it's hard, but I would have
to think that once an opera singer is an established singer they would
begin to have more time available for the PR front.
Karen also and:
> They also tend to have musical standards, developed through years of
> study and exposure and experience, that often give them a slight
> revulsion when it comes to devoting too much time to singing second-
> rate pop music.
I wonder how much of the "revulsion" is driven by the fear of rejection
from critics and opera companies should they branch out (save for a few
opera singers who are too big of a draw to reject, e.g., Pavarotti). I
can easily imagine a rising opera singer getting skewered by critics
and fans for singing pop music. Who would want to risk that when it
might mean fewer opportunities on stage?
Ingo
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