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French chorist Sylvie Delaunay, wearing a protective face mask, has her make-up done backstage before performing the Faust at the Opera Bastille in Paris on March 16. AFP
Singing opera no easy task in a surgical mask
Wed, 31 March 2021
No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester.
When they took the stage recently for a rehearsal at the Bastille Opera House, the 70 or so chorus members certainly did not appear to have lost any of their sonorous beauty.
But having a mask strapped across one’s face is far from ideal for a singer.