Juliette Pochin » Rupert Christiansen http://www.juliettepochin.co.uk/blog Diary Of A Domestic Diva - Opera singer Juliette Pochin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:44:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Popstar to Opera star http://www.juliettepochin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/19/popstar-to-opera-star/ http://www.juliettepochin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/19/popstar-to-opera-star/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:10:36 +0000 Juliette http://www.juliettepochin.co.uk/blog/?p=198 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.

It’s also strange that there is only one judge on the panel who has ever sung in a professional opera. Katherine Jenkins has recorded some mezzo arias but Meatloaf clearly knows nothing of classical vocal technique and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen may look very arty and 18th century but since when has long wavy hair qualified you to be an opera critic? – actually don’t answer that. At least the judges on X factor are qualified to talk about pop singing and ditto the judges on Strictly Come Dancing…

Still, I’m probably missing the point of the show – I guess it’s not aimed at me!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/14/popstar-to-opera-star

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article6997143.ece

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