There’s an controversial all-female opera being put on in Germany that has resulted in older audience members needing to seek medical attention due to shock and this picture from the article has me in actual tears

This is the dream… thousands of dollars of equipment, tooting on a bizarre doohickey, making music that sounds like frogs listen to it…

End of an era.

For the role of Gaston, Disney cast a trained opera singer (Richard White, went to Oberlin and IU Jacobs), and you can hear it in his delivery. He reads/sings every line like he's projecting to massive hall without a microphone. I love it.