I just came back from watching special engagement by MET opera HD, presents "The Audition"-Film by Susan Froemke.
This is a documentary about aspiring opera singers, who are semi finalist of 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Especially focused on several of them from semi final to the final on.
There were winners, one of the singer who are on his life's turning point, with financial difficulty, suffering bankruptcy and what not, just coming back from three years of absence from singing. As being 30year old singer, this was the last, make or break opportunity for him, Ryan Smith pursuing his dream.
The bitter sweet real life drama.
He won by triumphant performance. More than that, right after that phenomenal singing, he tells the camera that he did what he came here for. And his exhilarating expression tells all of us that he, himself was not expect anything from it. It didn't matter the outcome but it was personal triumphant that mattered to him.
He won.
He got to perform on MET with veteran star such as Thomas Hampson, but all of the audience were informed on the credit scroll that he passed away from cancer last Nov 2008.
Was that the tragedy?
Not really.
He pursued and achieved something that many would ever be. He reached where many only dreamed to be. In that note, I think it was a story of triumph. Not about the life cut short by cancer.
The artist is always remembered by his art. Not how he died.
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