Sing for your Life - Daniel Bergner NYT
In recent years the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, otherwise none as the Met Competition, has been compared to and fed off the attention of the amazingly successful American Idol TV Show. Though there are a number of similarities to both competitions which are the supreme rulers in their individual areas of interest, to go too far with the comparisons in some way takes away from both events.
What I think has made American Idol so successful is not the competition or even the music but rather the stories behind the singers and the drama created as the stories unfold before our eyes. This article by Daniel Bergner appearing in the New York Times on May 19th, 2011 is a fantastic glimpse into one of those back stories.
Truly one of the most personal stories I have read about classical music in quite some time.
Sing for your Life - Daniel Bergner NYT
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