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World Service,3 mins

Opera singer gets ‘ridiculous, demeaning’ criticism

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“A chubby bundle of puppy-fat”, “stocky”, “unbelievable, unsightly and unappealing” – just some of the criticism levelled at opera singer Tara Erraught for her role in Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier. So what is it about the opera world that has led to such criticism? Ailie Reid is a soprano, but first the voice of Tara Erraught in Mozart's La Clemenza Di Tito. (Photo: Tara Erraught [right] starring alongside Kate Royal in Der Rosenkavalier. Credit: Glyndebourne/Bill Cooper)

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