Julia Werthimer wrote: >... Leaving aside the fact that Bocelli does not have the technique to >sing opera - there are already far too many opera singers whose idea of >performance is to stand on the stage and just sing, forgetting that opera >is a dramatic medium that requires effective acting as well as singing. >Bocelli is clearly going to add to that number; and because he is so >popular he will reinforce the idea of opera as something static, rather >than the vibrant art it should be. Or, like Joseph Schmidt, too short to make a convincing presentations on a stage of the roles he was otherwise qualified to sing, he could confine himself to opera recordings, if he did indeed have the technique to sing opera (which I don't know) and if his inability to follow the conductor could be worked around. Walter Meyer