Met signs Russian star for five years

ABFENA says:

For somebody to sign a singer for longer period you need to know voices (which Gelb does not, about opera in general as well), or you hire people who do and also do the job for/or instead of you. But currently it looks like, all you get is huge influx of Texas state born, raised or resident artists (maybe as a thank you for money donations, which insured the rise and bringing of certain people into their power). It is ridiculous to bash someone like Netrebko (yes, I completely disagree on her political views, her artistic laziness, but remember that she is singing for almost full 30 years; she is past her prime, but still able to deliver in certain roles like Tosca, Don Carlo Elisabetta, or able to deliver the treacherous high C as Aida). Claiming that Davidsen has a better career, or longevity is beyond silly; she started only recently with a big extra push of PR machines and managers; she is a major voice, but still developing and leaving also a few major flops behind like her Jenufa. Give people time to develope please and do not call them major mega stars after 2-3 years of sucess mostly based on their vocal instrument and youth; but correctly major vocal talents. In the last 50 years, when you could not post accolades/ or personal assasinations of an artist online for anybody to see in the next 24 hours around the globe, young artists had to perform for a while to achieve a status; revisit the history of Carreras, Pavarotti, Domingo, Caballe, Berganza etc. It usually took 5 plus years to get noticed. Claiming to say that Akhmetschina shoud try Tosca “because of her wide range” is crazy, that person does not have a clue about operatic human voice and it is a perfect example how to kill a talent. The only problem I see with her being billed as a star in the next 5 seasons is that she does not yet sing any major Italian heavy “Fach roles” (and SHOULD NOT), does not either as a Rossini mezzo as Horne, or Berganza and in a few nice French mezzo roles she could excell in will never become a MET ticket sellers. We will see what they do, I wish everybody well, but look what happened to Anita Raschvelishvili. Her vocal collapse was eminent and despite her tries to revive her career, her Dresden Carmen comeback can be hardly considered a major sucess (I’ve heard it in order to form my opinion). Yes, they can be factors like do not sing on stage during your first maybe uneasy pregnancy (just few days prior to estimated delivery), do not perform and catch covid on repeated occassions (just because you are young/or middle aged and never been seriously ill before), because such events can permanantly change (or/and damage) your body. It is a sad example, when a talended person makes a bunch of wrong decisions, which are now harder to change, or overcome.