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Rolly_Polly_ t1_j75n8et wrote

Reply to comment by vissidamore in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

Thank you so much! Fingers crossed.

Honestly, at the moment I have a hard time advising people to go for competitions unless they are really young. There are some young singers who are getting some contacts from the competitions. The big competitions are good if one can get to the finals. I am unfortunately too old for those ones. Starting pretty late cuts off a lot of opportunities.

I did manage to get the opportunity to participate in Gianni Schicchi through a competition once, but it still involved covering my travel and living in a different country for almost a month. Financially it is very straining.

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vissidamore t1_j74cxhe wrote

Reply to comment by Rolly_Polly_ in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

That’s unfortunate, because then what is the point of these competitions? Sorry you haven’t had a good experience. I don’t have anything to report, just always knew that was a traditional way of getting seen and making contacts. Good luck and I hope you catch a break.

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ComposerReady4666 t1_j73s4l5 wrote

Reply to comment by Adniwhack in Hi Reddit! We're Aurelien and Emilie, the filmmakers behind Netflix's Gunther's Millions, a documentary series and TRUE story about a german shepherd dog that inherited over 80 million dollars from his deceased owner. by GunthersMillions

The show clearly explains it goes to the dogs of the same bloodline. The current dog isn't the one the money was given to, it's like the fifth or something since.

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Rolly_Polly_ t1_j73ix2k wrote

Reply to comment by vissidamore in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

Have been doing them pretty regularly for the last two years. So far, not a lot of results despite getting to the finals. It is financially extremely taxing, and I can't keep up the expense of travelling and living without any financial return.

Have you had any positive experiences with competitions? Other singers I have been talking to, also have had almost non existent results from competitions.

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300Savage t1_j737agr wrote

Reply to comment by PowerfulSneeze in We are real estate and housing economists Danielle Hale and George Ratiu and housing reporter Nicole Friedman, discussing affordability within the U.S. real estate market. Ask us anything! by wsj

Talk to real estate agents with a good reputation who are familiar with your location. A good agent will take time to come and take a look and give you some answers to your questions hoping you will list with them should you decide to sell.

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