--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > "John" wrote: > > > Intuitively, I do appreciate the idea that a musician like Andrea Bocelli > > > can be considered a scientist of the genius kind. The same could be said > > > for Monet and other artists--writers included. > > > > > > Andrea Bocelli? > > Yup, that's right. Whether you like or not he has reached out to millions of > people who ordinarily would not listen to classical music. He has de facto > taken over the enviable post that Luciano Pavarotti enjoyed as the best tenor > of the classical music genre. Here's the classical music website that you > can listen to on line from the San Francisco Bay Area: http://www.kdfc.com. > > Pavarotti was good. But for my taste he was rather showy given that he had a > large frame and an undeniable strong voice. OTOH, Boccelli uses some very > subtle nuances in his singing, particularly in his rendition of several > Spanish standards in one of his recent recordings. > > Regards, > > JR >
I haven't googled it, but I'm willing to bet that the world of opera lovers have yet to acclaim Andrea. Him taking over Lucian's place -- no way, dude, no way. Luciano -- phihh, he had to scream to get to his high notes, so he's not my top-of-the-list. Again, I like Andrea's stylings, but he simply doesn't have the voice box to be a spear holder in the opera world. Luciano only got to sing cuz he's a bully. Best voice ever? If only Mario Lanza had actually studied opera instead of "winging it," he might have had "the best voice put to good use," but, sadly, many of his interpretations are at variance with traditional renditions in that his emotions don't always go with the meaning of the Italian words. Sigh...a great loss. As it is, I still listen to Mario over Luciano. Andrea is in the same tier in which Michael Bolton belongs. Michael put out an album of opera arias, and even though he hits the notes, he's just laughable when it comes to interpretation. Michael may be able to pull off "being Black," but he simply cannot fake being an opera singer. Edg
