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Having spent the last 15 years as a developer, I'm now working toward a career as an opera singer (I'm a tenor). Admittedly I find it difficult to identify man
by santry 17y ago
Having spent the last 15 years as a developer, I'm now working toward a career as an opera singer (I'm a tenor).
Admittedly I find it difficult to identify many similarities between opera and software development. People often make a connection between music and mathematics, but for me the non-mathematic aspects of opera are what I find most attractive. The sheer thrill of dramatic expression through controlled screaming is intoxicating. And instead of my work living unseen in the dark recesses of a multi-tier architecture, I'm put, quite literally, center stage and in the spotlight, with immediate feedback (applause or boos) and recognition.
- mg1313 17y agoSoftware development and filmmaking have may common points (the process)...and that's why I'm considering switching to filmmaking....
- tjpick 17y agoyou might want to consider software development for the film industry.
- mapleoin 17y agoAre there any contemporary opera houses where you actually get boos if you perform badly?
- santry 17y agoYes. Hisses even: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyBxbGF-Qg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyBxbGF-Qg That's Roberto Alagna getting booed in Aida at La Scala in Milan in 2006. La Scala has a reputation for this sort of thing. Boos were also heard (directed at, well, the director) at the premiere of Luc Bondy's new production of Tosca at New York's Metropolitan Opera just a few weeks ago. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/the-boos-for-tosca-reverberate/ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/the-boos-for-to...
- mapleoin 17y agoWow
- aohtsab 17y agoI couldn't agree more—I've stopped trying to find a connection between writing poetry and coding; rejecting the notion of a need for continuity/connection in all of my interests has made me a happier person.