I love opera music
I love all kinds of music, but there is definitely something special about opera.
I remember reading a biography of the great operatic italian tenor Pavarotti and learning how about how much he practiced singing. He would spend hours every day at his craft, sometimes singing so long that he lost his voice.
Opera singers certainly enjoy what they are doing, but I think they go into it knowing that a career in opera is what they want, whereas a rock artist or country singer would probably love to make a living as a musician in a band, but their happiness does not necessarily depend on that happening.
The way that I was able to figure this out was by comparing my experiences at the opera with recordings of opera, and comparing opera to other genres of music that I have heard live and recorded.
I am not sure why opera music produces the best singers, but I have a few ideas. First, with country and rock artists, they are usually writing their own songs.
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