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Deryk Barker wrote:
>Turned out to be Andrea Bocelli.....
I was just reading the other day (in the NY Times, I think) an interesting
article about Signor Bocelli. According to it, he is going to make his
U.S. opera debut in Werther this fall. The author also pointed out that
some criticisms of him, for example, that he does not follow conductors
well or gesture well when performing opera, are related to his blindness.
Does anyone believe that blind opera singers should be given some
allowances in such areas, or should we advise them to find another career?
My sense is that Bocelli loves opera so much, and is so determined to sing
it, that he will forge ahead no matter what (as long as anyone is willing
to hire him, that is), but I would feel better about him if he stuck to the
popular realm, where I think he is pretty good.
Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]
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