on the way home from her soul's osment gregorian tells me that she was almost destroyed by work i started with big roles i never sang any tiny roles or something and of course hurting myself when i was 30 i was dead already and i was always doing too much too big roles. the breakthrough she was hoping for never came instead she started all over again and completely we learned her vocal technique she also learned to stop overtaxing her voice. a mistake many opera singers make just as so often i surveyed thought just the fact that it sometimes hurts is a painful realization because you're loved doing it you know sort of hers your bank balance especially when you're young it does open and that's actually quite an important point you're often forced to do certain things to survive financially. and so couldn't. once they finish their studies which can take as long as 6 years an opera singer with a fixed contract in germany makes around 2000 euros a month before taxes a stage technician arns more. or get a fassbender is an opera legend she's trodden the boards all over the world but these days