these days the ville new city opera attracts world class performers who also sing at the bolshoi in moscow and the met in new york. on the way home from rehearsal's ozma gregorian tells me that she was almost destroyed by work i started with big roles i never signed any tiny roles or something and of course i heard 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 rely on her vocal technique she also learned to stop overtaxing her voice. a mistake many opera singers make just as so often i was to be told just the fact that it sometimes hurts is a painful realization because you loved doing it you know also hurts 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 you've also been so could. 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 tax