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Fat-shaming In the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus: “My Daughter Was Eight Years Old.”
Zach Finkelstein
  • Apr 19, 2021

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, 2021

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, 2021

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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