‘When I make a sale, I’ll sing a high note’: a day in the life of an opera singing car salesman
Andrew Hiers is trying to start his own opera company. Until then, he’s serenading the parking lot Andrew Hiers, 38, is an opera singer – a bass-baritone – and a car salesman in Cocoa, Florida. You might think these professions have nothing to do with each other, but his librettos about cars or to customers have gone viral – all part of a larger plan to bring opera to the local community. What time did you wake up? C
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- Jaya Saxena
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- Well actually
Andrew Hiers is trying to start his own opera company. Until then, he’s serenading the parking lot Andrew Hiers, 38, is an opera singer – a bass-baritone – and a car salesman in Cocoa, Florida. You might think these professions have nothing to do with each other, but his librettos about cars or to customers have gone viral – all part of a larger plan to bring opera to the local community. What time did you wake up? C
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‘When I make a sale, I’ll sing a high note’: a day in the life of an opera singing car salesman
Andrew Hiers is trying to start his own opera company. Until then, he’s serenading the parking lot Andrew Hiers, 38, is an opera singer – a bass-baritone – and a car salesman in Cocoa, Florida. You might think these professions have nothing to do with each other, but his librettos about cars or to customers have gone viral – all part of a larger plan to bring opera to the local community. What time did you wake up? C
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