The article suggests this is unique to opera, and classical music in general has not suffered as badly. I ran across this very interesting discussion today argu

The article suggests this is unique to opera, and classical music in general has not suffered as badly. I ran across this very interesting discussion today arguing that concert pianists of modern times measure very poorly with the greats of the early 20th century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdiIVaqg_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdiIVaqg_M