In a message dated 1/20/2002 7:18:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, sopran@a...
writes:
> For example, the Sony Classical site calls Church "the world's most
> successful soprano." Just what qualifies her as the most successful, they
> don't say. The real tragedy is that all of the money and effort spent to
> promote these mediocrities takes budget away from artistically valid
> projects. No wonder people who have real talent and have actually paid
> their
> dues are appalled.
>
> judy,
i'm guessing they use the word 'succesful' meaning 'raking in the bucks'.
while i'm not a fan of ms. church, i do think, as a pop singer, bocelli is
artistically valid and, i think he has real talent.
any artform that has a minority following is going to be pressed for
recognition. in the case of opera, it is particularly expensive and
cumbersome to put on. you cannot blame artists of other styles for opera's
lack of mass appeal. if anything, bocelli and church are just as likely to
lure the masses to opera than they are to steal people away from it.
mike
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