‘Singing opera in a foreign language is like having sex with a condom’

‘Singing opera in a foreign language is like having sex with a condom’

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norman lebrecht

August 02, 2021

Did he really say that?

And to the New York Wagner Society?

Reader’s Comment of the Day:

That panel was a hoot. Groissbock compared singing in a foreign language to using a condom: “You get in there, but you don’t really feel it.” Peter Mattei, Eva Maria Westbroek, Michelle de Young nearly fell out of their chairs!


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