In a message dated 1/17/2002 8:30:38 PM Pacific Standard Time,
caiorossi@t... writes:
> Tina:
>
> But were you any older than Charlotte then? How old is she now? 15? I
> understand you said that because she does not fullfill the requirements for
> singing opera, but don't you think she's very good for a young
> "classically-oriented pop singer", which is actually all she is?
>
She is actually, I think, 17 now, and yes, I started singing in my first rock
band at 15. (I didn't touch classical until I was 23.) I was actually
comparing her to when I first began lessons, and I presume she has had some
semblance of training from someone. So, the point is, basically, that any one
of us could have been chosen as the center of some marketing driven business
plan, and I am still (albeit naively) amazed at the "no accounting for bad
taste phenomenon" of the general record buying public. I mean, SOMEONE is
buying her recordings! And going to her concerts! Wow. It truly astounds me.
> Your analysis would make sense to me only if she had been cast in an opera,
> or if opera listeners weren't able to distinguish what's what. But it
> doesn't seem to be the case.
>
Right. All the reason for my dumbfoundedness. Now, my mom, who doesn't know
ANYTHING about music, and in my own sense of aesthetics, has a rather plebian
appreciation of it, also is baffled by the whole Church thing. Even she
detects something quite lacking. Now THAT is a testament!
TinaO
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