About a year ago, a post showed up in my Facebook newsfeed because one of my friends had “liked” it. The post was from a fellow baritone who I knew of professionally, but to this day, we’ve never met. His post started off with a now-familiar hashtag: “I’m #ThrilledToAnnounce…” I barely got that far before I thought with rolled eyes and gritted teeth, “Oh no – one of these again”. He was announcing a role at a respected regional opera company the following season.  I could fee