EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> >
> >>Most of my European journeys have been to hear a particular
> >>singer whose career has been largely in Europe. Although he
> >>sang more in the U.S. when he was younger, I didn't discover
> >>him until he was in his late fifties. He has sung a couple
> >>roles with the Met (mostly Golaud in "Pelleas"), but the Met
> >>does not pay as well as the major European houses,
> >
> >
> > Really? Have you got a citation for that? Certainly the orchestra at the
> > met is one of the highest paid orchestral jobs in the world. Given the
> > artists they attract, I admit I'd be surprised by that.
>
> I can only cite the singer himself (Jose van Dam - who certainly is ranked
> among the great by much of the world). In a published interview, from
> 1993, he gave that as his reason for not singing more in the U.S. I don't
> have the article, and don't remember in which magazine it appeared, but I
> assumed he knew what he was talking about. Perhaps he was only
> referring to what they proposed to pay him, not the fees they offered to
> Pavarotti or Domingo or some other over-hyped "superstar".
I would take his comments with a pinch of salt, myself. (I wonder why he
felt the need to change his name from Joseph van Damme?) A Met gig is
highly prized...
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