mal57 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 A post here about Maria Callas started me thinking about a sub-fetish of mine: fat opera singers. (Yet I don't like opera so go figure... lol) Anyway, here's a grab bag of my favorites. Anyone I'm leaving out? (In order: Montserrat Caballé (with Freddy Mercury!), Alessandra Marc, Debra Voight, Jane Eaglen, Jessye Norman, twofer: Angela Meade and Jamie Barton Pauloburgess, Yohamande, thadrou90 and 6 others 2 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauloburgess Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 34 minutes ago, mal57 said: A post here about Maria Callas started me thinking about a sub-fetish of mine: fat opera singers. (Yet I don't like opera so go figure... lol) Anyway, here's a grab bag of my favorites. Anyone I'm leaving out? (In order: Montserrat Caballé (with Freddy Mercury!), Alessandra Marc, Debra Voight, Jane Eaglen, Jessye Norman, twofer: Angela Meade and Jamie Barton Great post! mal57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 How about some video (ordered as in original post)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZSP1Dc78Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCs8AmFFlRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svU6iOwx1wA https://necmusic.edu/faculty/jane-eaglen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-FV1Y198MU https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=7BlyyBb8O1Y&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=Rt7zOTVlqyE&feature=emb_logo Tornald 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Jane Eaglen with a cute BBW student: thadrou90 and dickerAlex 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadrou90 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I made a thread about (the very openly fat-positive) Tracy Cox last fall groink, dickerAlex and mal57 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Yup, I've seen it! Love her. I think Voigt is the only one who's been vocal about size discrimination in the opera world, though I don't think she's particularly fat positive. She was famously cut from a big gig at Covent Garden because the director wanted the lead to wear a "little black dress." It caused a huge amount of controversy and Voigt spoke out about it. A few years later she had WLS, and though she said she did it for her health no doubt a big part of it was bowing to the realities of having a career in the performing arts. Anyway here's a bunch of opera queens bitching on the subject. Pretty entertaining and enlightening for a non-opera person like me. https://www.talkclassical.com/45656-thoughts-overweight-singers.html thadrou90 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaweapon Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/7/2020 at 6:45 AM, mal57 said: A post here about Maria Callas started me thinking about a sub-fetish of mine: fat opera singers. (Yet I don't like opera so go figure... lol) Anyway, here's a grab bag of my favorites. Anyone I'm leaving out? (In order: Montserrat Caballé (with Freddy Mercury!), Alessandra Marc, Debra Voight, Jane Eaglen, Jessye Norman, twofer: Angela Meade and Jamie Barton >Anyone I'm leaving out? Stephanie Blythe. mal57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Megaweapon said: >Anyone I'm leaving out? Stephanie Blythe. Oh shit, I was just about to post her!!! Megaweapon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 The wonderfully apt-named Sharon Sweet... groink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-rayeyes Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 I wish Katherine Jenkins would plump up - such a beauty. She was a bit heavier before her DWTS appearance. Is it unusual for a top opera singer to be this thin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groink Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I love opera. Can I contribute? Susan Neves (before weight loss, unfortunately). mal57 and thadrou90 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal57 Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 3 hours ago, groink said: I love opera. Can I contribute? Susan Neves (before weight loss, unfortunately). Very nice — thanks! groink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groink Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Liudmyla Monastyrska, soprano 2011 2019 2020 mal57 and BenG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groink Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Judit Kutasi, mezzosoprano 2011 2020 2021 fan2000, thadrou90, Tornald and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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