What Weeks Of Debate Have Shown Us About Women In Classical Music

Anastasia Tsioulcas writes for NPR: “An astonishing conversation has emerged in the weeks since Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught began her run as Octavian at the Glyndebourne Festival in England. Erraught was excoriated by a handful of male London critics for her weight — prompting a widespread backlash on her behalf in the aftermath of those reviews.”