{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OperaWire","provider_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com","author_name":"David Salazar","author_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/author\/davesy22\/","title":"The Defining Roles of Simon Estes' Metropolitan Opera Career - OperaWire","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kaJ0MsGVs3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/the-defining-roles-of-simon-estes-metropolitan-opera-career\/\">The Defining Roles of Simon Estes&#8217; Metropolitan Opera Career<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/the-defining-roles-of-simon-estes-metropolitan-opera-career\/embed\/#?secret=kaJ0MsGVs3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Defining Roles of Simon Estes&#8217; Metropolitan Opera Career&#8221; &#8212; OperaWire\" data-secret=\"kaJ0MsGVs3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pjimage-5-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"Simon Estes, born on March 2, 1938, did not have an easy career path. While the bass-baritone succeeded in Europe in his early years, the United States didn\u2019t take too well to him. He was only accepted for minor roles at most prominent theaters and it wasn\u2019t until 1981, 16 years after his professional debut, that the Metropolitan Opera offered&nbsp;{&hellip;}"}