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Slimmer soprano back, says looks count in opera

LONDON (Reuters) - Slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt, back at London's Covent Garden four years after bosses fired her for being too fat, says opera, like other forms of entertainment, is increasingly obsessed with looks.

The 47-year-old American accepted an invitation from the Royal Opera House to return to the same production she was dropped from in 2004 when the casting director felt she would not suit the "little black dress" he envisaged for the part.

The decision sparked heated debate in the world of opera and beyond about the importance of artists' appearance. Voigt shed 120 pounds with the help of gastric bypass surgery and is back as Ariadne in Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos".

Until recently opera had a reputation for casting large and barely mobile men and women as dashing heroes and beautiful queens based purely on the quality of their voice.

The shift in recent years towards good looks as much as talent, epitomized by the popularity of the "popera" genre, reflected the broader world of entertainment, Voigt argued.

"There's no getting around the fact that the face of opera is changing," she told Reuters in her back stage dressing room after the opening night of 'Ariadne'.

"It would be very easy to say, well, it shouldn't matter and in a certain decade it shouldn't have mattered when we didn't have to think about television and there wasn't so much competition for entertainment dollars."

Opera would have to draw the line somewhere, however.

Cosmic Tone

Artist: Cosmic Tone

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:

Overwhelming

Year: 2003
Tracks: 8

Coldplay Frontman Chris Martin Walks Out On Interview

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has asked to leave during an interview on a BBC 4 radio show stating, "I'm not enjoying this," before returning a short time later.

Martin and drummer Will Champion spoke with host John Wilson about the band's new album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,' when Wilson stated that it's "particularly morbid."

"I wouldn't agree with you there at all, no," Martin responded. "I'd say you're journalistically twisting me into saying something I don't really mean."

When asked if he has "an ongoing morbid fascination", the singer replies, "Well not really, no. I think it's just that if you painted it always just a bright picture it wouldn't be a real picture."

Martin adds, "But the word morbid is one which I don't like that's all... [The album's] more meant to be looking positively at that stuff. You know we've all lost some people and that's obviously a bit of a downer, but most of the record is about the good things I think. I hope so anyway."

The frontman, who moves away from the microphone, cuts off the next question saying "I'm not enjoying this," and asks to leave for two minutes.

When questioned if he feels under pressure, Martin responds, "I just don't really like having to talk about things."

The 31-year-old returns after a couple of minutes to vaguely answer the final question beofre the interview ends.

Listen to the interview by clicking here.