Addiction and Your Voice
Addiction. It’s a taboo topic, but substance abuse and addiction are lurking behind the curtain in the opera world, and as we see in this story, starting as early as high school. In one conservatory dorm in which the editor of CS spent a few nights, drugs were the norm, not the exception. And the problem doesn’t disappear after graduation. Some afflicted singers continue to self-medicate, instead of getting the help they need. Here is one singer’s candid tale. Share it with someone you care about.
