In 2014, The Classical World Still Can't Stop Fat-Shaming Women
That's the title from this revealing article at NPR which reports that five London opera critics dissed the bodilyappearance of Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. And here's the source article on this matter.
A beautiful young woman who sings beautifully ... visit her website here. And check out some of her performances on YouTube, like this one:
They may roll their eyes now, but I am hoping that someday my kids will come to wonder what interests their dad and whether some of his notions might be worth exploring after all.
I sure as heck don't know much about music or art or culture, but I do increasingly find that music, especially, is almost as important as eating and sleeping in how I get through each day. I just want to share this with Nik and Ivi, and if anyone else wants to listen in, welcome! (And one of these days, I might get my photo blog and sites reworked for more of this kind of thing.)
So there you have it -- a highly-biased (mostly) music appreciation course for my kids.
(btw ... most of the snippets of music presented herein are lo-fi, found wherever, often recorded under very unfavorable circumstances and may be almost unlistenable. However, we hope that your interest will be sharpened just enough to seek out proper recordings or performances for the Real Deal ...)
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