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Article: A high note; Tall doorways ensure 6ft 10ins opera singer fits in at Scots college.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2003
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Byline: NICHOLA WORKMAN
FOR opera singer Orlando Mason, finding somewhere to hone his talents was a tall order.
At 6ft 10ins, the 27-year-old bass refused to study anywhere with low ceilings.
Now, after a nationwide search, he's finally found an institution which measures up to his high standards - the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
As the world's tallest opera singer joined the prestigious music school yesterday, he said: 'This is the only academy with doors so high I don't have to stoop to get through them.
'It also has a great reputation and its facilities are really impressive.
It is the best place to study opera in the ...