To say that anyone out there sucks up ALL of the media attention. I would just prefer to see it spread around a little better, too, but in this biz, you have to buy publicity. She's obviously making enough that she can afford to, so I guess she's entitled to do that.
I do agree that she hasn't sung many operas yet. I've seen her perform on three separate occasions now, and twice it was the same rep: the not very difficult or inspiring (in my opinion) Emily Dickinson songs of Copland, and the Rachmaninoff Vocalise, which I personally have always found rather ho-hum. Her best performances have always been her spiritual encores, in my opinion. It may be, as someone else suggested, that she's had trouble getting cast because of her weight (fair enough; lots of people do!), but that still doesn't change the fact that she hasn't sung a lot of opera yet. I mean, I'd be a fabulous chef if only someone would hire me to be one, but the fact remains that I'm not a chef. (Yet! If opera doesn't pan out for me... lol!)
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