Anyone who is in a position of casting operas should be able to recognise good singing regardless of how familiar the repertoire is or not.
I don't expect twelve writers interviewing for a position to all write the same essay. I can determine which ones are good writers even if they have widely divergent topics and styles.
I think opera auditors are just lazy, unimaginative, or both.
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Karen Mercedes - contralto
singwiththespirit [at] yahoo [dot] com
http://artfuljesus.0catch.com/karenmercedes.html
