most competitions have 30 as an age limit. we all know people who started studying singing in high school, excelled in college, got all the big roles in grad. school, sang with opera of st. louis (or, something comparable), baltimore symphony (or, something comparable), sang at a house in europe somewhere for three years who now work at a bank and sing occasionally. and, they were the lucky ones.
you can get work at any age as a singer if you are very good. if you are lucky, you can have a career singing operas you're not wild about for just enough money. if you win a competition, you increase your luck by a lot.
if you are near 30 and you're just starting to work on it, i wish you good luck and happiness but, i'll put my money on the red sox winning the world series instead.
carpe veritas, mike
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