In a message dated 1/20/02 7:35:44 PM, Greypins@a... writes:
<< i do think, as a pop singer, bocelli is
artistically valid and, i think he has real talent.
>>
I've said pretty much the same thing. He's been attempting rep that is beyond
his present capabilities, though.
<<if anything, bocelli and church are just as likely to
lure the masses to opera than they are to steal people away from it.>>
You may be right. I think that Bocelli fans are more likely to make the
conversion to actual opera afficionados. I think that Charlotte Church fans
are threatened by any sound that other than that of a polite little girl.
Judy
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