Motherhood, Stress and Opera Singing

So last night, after putting my kid to bed, I finally had a chance to look at the internet, and discovered the firestorm surrounding the press for Glyndebourne's production of Rosenkavalier. Most of the anger was directed at the fact that several critics mentioned the build of the Octavian, and rightly so. But I was so busy running after my toddler and studying music that I didn't have a chance to thoroughly read all the reviews when I wrote this article, so I missed the lovely little tidbit men...