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Fat-shaming In the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus: “My Daughter Was Eight Years Old.”
Zach Finkelstein
  • Apr 19

Fat-shaming In the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus: “My Daughter Was Eight Years Old.”

The third article in a series on fat-shaming and bullying in the opera industry.
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If Juilliard Is Serious About "Modernizing", It Must First Deal With Its Classism Problem
Jeremy Osborne
  • Apr 12

If Juilliard Is Serious About "Modernizing", It Must First Deal With Its Classism Problem

The biggest challenge facing classical music in the US is the deeply entrenched free-market mindset that dominates the industry.
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Why Do Fat Singers Fight So Hard For An Industry That Hates Us?
Tracy Cox
  • Apr 9

Why Do Fat Singers Fight So Hard For An Industry That Hates Us?

By Tracy Cox Sometimes, as a fat singer in the opera industry, I don’t know why I bother at all. Except that I love to sing. And that I...
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