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Long life

Sorry, Tara Erraught, but the age of the fat lady singing is over

It ended at the Royal Opera House ten years ago. People seem to have forgotten

31 May 2014

9:00 AM

31 May 2014

9:00 AM

London’s opera critics have been roundly condemned for suggesting that a female singer’s personal appearance could make her unsuitable for a role. The singer in question is Tara Erraught, a young Irish mezzo-soprano based in Germany, who has just made her British debut in the new Glyndebourne production of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier.

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