In a message dated 2/4/2001 12:43:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, sopran@a... writes:
<< Also, it's my considered opinion that if you're going to be a secure singer in a professional career, you'd better learn to accept and value yourself as you are, no matter what your weight, whether or not you fit some idealized notion of beauty. >>
You can value yourself at any weight. That is not the point. When you are an established singer, the rules are different than when you are starting out. Do you really think Caballe would have been hired originally as a young singer if she was as fat as she is today ? There is an idealized notion of beauty and it would be best if a potential singer recognized it and came as close as possible to this. All other things being equal, the more attractive singer (by popular standards) is going to win. Every other idea is just whistling Dixie. Heros and heroines in opera are carrying a story line. Opera is not a concert. When you have huge people in opera playing these parts it is because their talent is so overwhelmingly great. People with lesser talents had best better measure up physically and not count on getting by with their lesser talents and greater body fat.
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