Do I have a shot in singing opera?

I'm 21 now, going on 22, and I have some fun singing to my favorite songs, one of them being Ave Maria. I can actually get my voice almost as high as the singer in the song and may have had a soprano voice when I was a child.

Opera is the one singing career I'll consider because I'd make a good living without getting implants and because my voice may be more suited towards it. If I get lessons now, do I stand a chance at making a career out of it?

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Hate to break it to you, but you're starting at a late age and it's a really competitive field. Study it if it's your passion, but as a minor. Get prepared to have a day job, and sing as much as you can besides. I have a day job and work as a professional musician as well, and my music income per annum is about $10,000. Not enough to live on, but sure beats stamp collecting as a hobby. So do study this, but do so with the knowledge that an opera career is not impossible, but highly improbable.

And don't discount singing in pop - unless you design to make the national circuit, you do not need boobs to do well. Even singing in a two-bit regionally-known pop act is better than neglecting your gift to sing. Sing often, at each opportunity you can take. Don't worry about being a star, stars have no privacy and crazy people breaking into their house. Be a singer first. If the "star" follows, well great. If not, at least you're singing!

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Honestly you are starting very late, but that should not trouble you in and of itself. Find a good voice teacher (check a local college) and ask for an evaluation from a professional. If it is your dream you can make it happen, but even if you are supremely gifted vocally it wil take a lot of work. Singing is more than an avocation or a gift. It is a craft that you have to learn.

BTW, don't forget that opera performers need to be able to act too!

Good luck!
There is no way to be too diplomatic here, but you need to know the truth. The answer is almost certainly no. Opera singing is very different from any other type of singing. People study it in college and graduate school for 10 years or more. Then, if they are in the top 1% of the other few thousand singers trying to "make it", they take on minor roles while working a day job to survive.

There are very very few jobs and many many people trying to get them. Few are talented enough to actually make a living singing opera.