Soprano Sharleen Joynt on Resuming an Opera Career After Reality TV's 'The Bachelor'

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English - March 27, 2014 17:19 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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When Sharleen Joynt, a coloratura soprano from Canada, was selected to be a contestant on ABC's reality dating show “The Bachelor," she knew it had the potential to be more bizarre than many opera plots. One of the show’s pivotal scenes, after all, has her stepping out of a limousine, dressed to the nines, to meet someone who ostensibly could propose to her within a few weeks.