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

Published: March 27, 2014, 5:19 p.m.

When Sharleen Joynt, a coloratura soprano from Canada, was selected to be a contestant on ABC's reality dating show \u201cThe Bachelor," she knew it had the potential to be more bizarre than many opera plots. One of the show\u2019s 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.