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To dress up and come to see us, and come to the opera house and the concert hall. what does the future hold for young singers in an opera world that has been transformed by technology, social media, and demands for greater diversity? and, could the changes make opera better and more popular? let me take you to the opera. passionate singing
As i was growing up. and then ijoined the church choir, and ijoined the school choir. i took part in the singing competitions and that was when my mum saw that i actually loved singing. when i finished school she asked what i wanted to study and i said law. and she said "why not music because you are already singing?". and i said actually this is what i wanted to do but i was afraid to say it because, you know, they are going to say, what is opera? cecilia, as her mother called her, studied music at the tshwane university of technology in pretoria, and then at cape town university, where she j...
The world can see my shows. but there are concerns that too much opera is being streamed will stop the big problem i see is that if we give to the audience everywhere in the world all the content that we have for the price of a cup of coffee, it devalues our work. i think it is important not to make it expensive, not to make it out of reach, but do not go too far in a direction where you are not going to be able to come back. increasingly, opera singers will be aware that this is a global art form, and that they need to embrace that. it has the potential to inspire singers from different parts...