His opera career stalled. Now he’s a car salesman, and his ads are viral.

His opera career stalled. Now he’s a car salesman, and his ads are viral.

Andrew Hiers was down on his luck. A classically trained opera singer, he didn’t have a steady singing gig for months. In January, the day after he turned 38, he started a job as a car salesman at a dealership near his home in Cocoa, Florida. “It did feel like I was kind of waving the white flag on my career when I made the decision to do this,” Hiers said. He said he hoped to make some money and maybe move to a bigger city with more singing opp…

Opera Singer Works as a Used Car Salesman

Andrew Hiers is a professionally trained opera singer with a highly successful stage career. He's a true artist and a master of his craft.But the hard truth is that financially thriving in the performing arts is chancy. Road & Track reports that when his gigs dried up, he got a job selling cars at a Chrysler leadership in Cocoa, Florida. Hiers is a good sport about this unplanned career change and uses his musical skills on the lot to pitch purc…