"So is it OK for men in the public eye to openly cry? Perhaps more OK than for women in power? Tom Lutz, author of the 1999 book Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears, gets asked these questions whenever someone famous cries in public. In the 18th century, it was not only acceptable, but expected: 'If you didn't cry at the theater or didn't cry at the opera, it meant that you were some kind of lower class boor.'" [Source]
"Son Regina, e sono amante" Didone - Niccolò Jommelli; Maria Dragoni, soprano
