Ian Crisp:

>and for outright crossover disasters:
>Any classically trained singer trying to perform pop or rock or jazz or
>musicals or show tunes (with a possible exception for Dawn Upshaw)

To which I would add:  any black opera singer performing negro spirituals.
I can see that they would regard them as "their" music - but they have no
understanding of how to sing them IMHO.

Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]>
California, USA