Submitted by alex (not verified) on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 09:46.
It would be a sad and sorry thing if the Met had decided to mic singers--one of the reasons being a singer at the Met is the pinnacle of American opera singer achievement is that not just anyone can do it. There are a lot of consummate musicians, with beautiful voices and fine acting who cannot sing at the Met because their VOICES ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH. That is just the way things are. Not everyone gets to be Tiger Woods and not everyone gets to sing at the Met. And now... now we are looking at voices being amplified. HMMMM. So now is just any pretty voice going to have the opportunity to sing opera? Perhaps, just because they fit into a slinky dress?
And another thing--one of the major points of being an opera singer is that the voice is not subjected to our over amplified, hyped up lives and remains an artform that speaks directly to the audience without an electronic mediator. I am frankly appalled if this is where we are going.
It would be a sad and sorry
It would be a sad and sorry thing if the Met had decided to mic singers--one of the reasons being a singer at the Met is the pinnacle of American opera singer achievement is that not just anyone can do it. There are a lot of consummate musicians, with beautiful voices and fine acting who cannot sing at the Met because their VOICES ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH. That is just the way things are. Not everyone gets to be Tiger Woods and not everyone gets to sing at the Met. And now... now we are looking at voices being amplified. HMMMM. So now is just any pretty voice going to have the opportunity to sing opera? Perhaps, just because they fit into a slinky dress?
And another thing--one of the major points of being an opera singer is that the voice is not subjected to our over amplified, hyped up lives and remains an artform that speaks directly to the audience without an electronic mediator. I am frankly appalled if this is where we are going.
harumph, indeed.
alex