“I can't tell you how many directors have decided that Donna Anna wants to be raped by Don Giovanni and is in love with him, even though she has never seen him before.”

American soprano Megan Marie Hart on the male perception of iconic female characters in opera.
Source: https://www.middleclassartist.com/post/excluded-penalized-indebted-harassed-a-study-of-systemic-discrimination-against-women-in-opera?curator=MusicREDEF

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