Posts Tagged “Popstar to Opera star”
by Juliette | 07.12.11 | Current Projects, Latest News, Record Producing
So, I have finally worked with someone my 10 yr old niece thinks is cool. It goes without saying that as a woman accelerating towards the end of her 30s, I wouldn’t be able to recognise this man (well boy really) if I bumped into him in the street. Except, you would never bump into him in the street. Firstly he is far too famous to walk anywhere, a car picked him up from his hotel 3 minutes away, actually, if his fans are all like my niece that was probably a wise move. Secondly, his minder was an overwhelmingly large man (definitely man this time) who would be extremely unlikely to allow anyone within 10 yards of his charge. Trust me, you wouldn’t argue with him on this point. I felt his beady eye on me throughout the recording session from his position on the sofa (it was a 2-seater but unsurprisingly, he sat alone).
Nick Jonas is still a teenager, but unassuming, softly spoken and polite which I found very strange as not only am I not used to teenagers behaving like that, it’s not behaviour you can count on with famous artists either: a pleasant surprise on both counts. I’m not sure I’d recognise him if I saw him again, but then I can guarantee he would say the same about me and James! However, he very kindly signed his music at the end of the session. I’ve put it in the post to my niece. More »
Tags: Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas fans, Popstar to Opera star
by Juliette | 02.18.10 | Performances
Greetings from Egypt where we are having a last minute half term break. For those of you left in snowy UK you probably don’t want to hear that James has burnt his ears as usual, I’ve read the first 3 pages of my novel about 4 times and Anna has so far managed to eat 4 ice creams and have chips every day. It’s not all fun though as we accidentally left the boys bedtime cuddly toys in the car in the rather stressful frenzy that was getting to the airport on time, and they haven’t slept in their cots as a result – it took over 3 hours to get them off to sleep last night without them!
Back to the subject in hand. I still hadn’t memorised all of the words when the car came to take me to the studio and was feeling absolutely exhausted, as for some reason known only to Seth, he decided to stay awake for a large portion of the night and felt very strongly that I should join him in his nocturnal activities. More »
Tags: Domestic Diva, Meatloaf, Popstar to Opera star
by Juliette | 02.13.10 | Latest News, Performances
Might be a long blog so I’ll do a 2-parter and finish off later. I’m delighted with so many different viewpoints and comments being about this show- makes for interesting reading.
So I got the call on Thursday saying Meatloaf wants to duet with an opera singer. Mad idea but a great way of raising my profile quite apart from the fact that I remember Meatloaf dominating the charts when I was a kid. He is a legend and what a thing to be able to say:
“I sang Bat out of Hell as a duet with Meatloaf”
They wanted to send a car straightaway but first I had to take both the boys to Kings for their regular bloods which can’t be missed as their levels have to be closely monitored. (As it happened we just got the results and Arthur’s medication has had to be increased so it was absolutely the right call not to delay them).
As soon as I got back from the hospital they whisked me to the studios for a rehearsal with Meatloaf. I met the musical director and asked for some music but he only had a lyric sheet for me. So this is Rock’n Roll – no music! I’m afraid us classically trained singers need dots to read so I was slightly More »
Tags: Katherine Jenkins, Meatloaf, opera singer, Popstar to Opera star
by Juliette | 01.19.10 | Latest News
I saw a clip of this yesterday and can’t help but comment. Yes it was entertaining but what the popstars are doing bears no resemblance whatsoever to what is involved with being an opera singer. It takes years to train a voice to be able to sing in an opera house but the poor contestants have just a week per performance. I’m not surprised that much of the opera community feels it belittles their craft. More »
Tags: Katherine Jenkins, Meatloaf, Popstar to Opera star, Rupert Christiansen
So, I have finally worked with someone my 10 yr old niece thinks is cool. It goes without saying that as a woman accelerating towards the end of her 30s, I wouldn’t be able to recognise this man (well boy really) if I bumped into him in the street. Except, you would never bump into him in the street. Firstly he is far too famous to walk anywhere, a car picked him up from his hotel 3 minutes away, actually, if his fans are all like my niece that was probably a wise move. Secondly, his minder was an overwhelmingly large man (definitely man this time) who would be extremely unlikely to allow anyone within 10 yards of his charge. Trust me, you wouldn’t argue with him on this point. I felt his beady eye on me throughout the recording session from his position on the sofa (it was a 2-seater but unsurprisingly, he sat alone).
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