>From: Greypins@a... >> >In a message dated 1/5/2001 7:41:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, >peggyh@i... writes: > ><< > Frankly, I'd never question anybody complaining about a foreign substance >they have no > choice but to inhale into their lungs! Why should they have to be >subjected >to that? How > many years did it take for coal mine employers or textile employers to >recognize black > lung and white lung as legitimate serious employment-related health >conditions. And > asbestos exposure! Etc, Etc, ad infinitum. > >> > >peggy, > i can only speak from my own experience and yes, my experience is >limited and may not be the norm. however, fraud exists in all walks of >life >and it has been my experience that the world of opera is not untainted by >fraudulent claims. and once again, it is the fraudulent claims that >dilute >the legitimacy of the complaints of people who really do have problems. i >include exageration as fraudulent. > >mike >
I read the "Voices fading in the fog" article in the dead-tree version (SF Chronicle), so I don't know if this appeared online. But the one *I* read mentioned that the San Francisco Opera had gotten complaints from *audience members* who were adversely affected by fog. (You may recall from my earlier post that that's where I got exposed to nasty, oily stage fog.) I would doubt that folks who can afford orchestra seats at SFO would be subjected to conditions akin to black-lung or asbestosis. And let's face it, the audience is paying at least SOME of the bills!
I don't think I'd want to inhale antifreeze (or chemicals related to the stuff) even if I wasn't a singer.
Elizabeth Finkler http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/ mightymezzo@h... mightymezzo@h...
"An enemy can partially ruin a man, but it takes a well-meaning and injudicious friend to really finish the job and make it perfect." --Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson"
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