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Did anybody see this programme?....I thought , as I like opera, it was a very different and a wonderfully entertaining show..Well done ITV...Looking forward to next Friday night...x
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I apologise in advance,as I am a bit of an opera buff it has to be said.
I worked for several years in the wardrobe department at Covent Garden, so was looking forward to this series.
I shall not be watching any more.
Not it has to be said due to the contestants,I think there are several quite good voices there,if they can be trained up.
No, any such show that (I presume) is trying to get opera taken more seriously,cannot be taken seriously with these people involved.
Alan Titchmarsh.
Mylene Klass.
Lawrence Lewellyn Bowen
and lasty that great opera buff/critic MEAT LOAF!!!
what the hell does he know about opera,and by the way just what has he been sniffing?
He is out of his head.
I think the audience is high on something too,maybe they got it from Meat Loaf? LOL
As notafish says,the panel MUST NOT crticise anyone or the audience boo them,why?that's what the panel is for.
This series is just another "dumbing down" of a serious art form to please the masses.
The public vote will only choose those "stars" that they like (regardless of their voices),I mean 90% of the viewing public for this series wouldn't know WHAT a good operatic voice was if it hit them.
Go on,now tell me it's just a bit of fun.Well, going by the worst of todays singers it ain't ANY fun.
I think it should be renamed Popstar to Gobstar.
I worked for several years in the wardrobe department at Covent Garden, so was looking forward to this series.
I shall not be watching any more.
Not it has to be said due to the contestants,I think there are several quite good voices there,if they can be trained up.
No, any such show that (I presume) is trying to get opera taken more seriously,cannot be taken seriously with these people involved.
Alan Titchmarsh.
Mylene Klass.
Lawrence Lewellyn Bowen
and lasty that great opera buff/critic MEAT LOAF!!!
what the hell does he know about opera,and by the way just what has he been sniffing?
He is out of his head.
I think the audience is high on something too,maybe they got it from Meat Loaf? LOL
As notafish says,the panel MUST NOT crticise anyone or the audience boo them,why?that's what the panel is for.
This series is just another "dumbing down" of a serious art form to please the masses.
The public vote will only choose those "stars" that they like (regardless of their voices),I mean 90% of the viewing public for this series wouldn't know WHAT a good operatic voice was if it hit them.
Go on,now tell me it's just a bit of fun.Well, going by the worst of todays singers it ain't ANY fun.
I think it should be renamed Popstar to Gobstar.
Mr V, I respect fully all your criticism of the show.
I must say I never expected an opera buff to enjoy the show, and could have guessed before it came on that it would massively irritate any opera lover. I mean absolutely no criticism by this.
I half watched it, because my 10 year old daughter adores the pop group 'The Saturdays', and was fascinated to see how Vanessa White did.
I come from the section of society who cringe at the word opera, and would never go to Covent Garden. However I found it quite entertaining. I am sorry to say that for each song, I tried hard to remember which advert I had it on.
There could be an argument that it could open up interest in opera among some of the population, and do good for opera in general. This may be true if in future weeks the contestants are seen to improve with expert tuition.
I must say I never expected an opera buff to enjoy the show, and could have guessed before it came on that it would massively irritate any opera lover. I mean absolutely no criticism by this.
I half watched it, because my 10 year old daughter adores the pop group 'The Saturdays', and was fascinated to see how Vanessa White did.
I come from the section of society who cringe at the word opera, and would never go to Covent Garden. However I found it quite entertaining. I am sorry to say that for each song, I tried hard to remember which advert I had it on.
There could be an argument that it could open up interest in opera among some of the population, and do good for opera in general. This may be true if in future weeks the contestants are seen to improve with expert tuition.
I think the aim of it is to get more people interested in opera. But it would be so much better without the audience. They screamed when they recognised the song each person was singing, and the scream usually coincided with the singer's best effort (i.e, the high notes or powerful notes). I thought the audience were really over the top, Whose idea was it, I wonder, to get them so hyped up?
Panic,
I think the general idea of the show is good.
The singers (well some of them) could develop into very good operatic voices.
My objection is to the presenters and two of the panel,AND the whole way it's is put to the audience.
They feel they have to drag the tone of opera down to the level of "The X Factor" or "Brotain's Got Talent".
The fault with doing that is,when someone then plucks up courage and actually goes to an opera,or an operatic recital,it will bear NO resemblance to this mish mash of a programme.
It does a disservice to opera itself,and more of a disservice to these pop singers who are tring their best to become opera singers.
As to whether it will open up opera,this is debatable.An operatic performance can last three hours,(Wagner up to five hours!) so whether new opera viewers would tolerate this is doubtful.
If it just gets more people listening to opera,then that would be great.
In short the format and style of presentation of the programme is rubbish.
We also get the problem (with an udience vote) that we get with all these shows.The "best liked"person will win,regardless of the development of their voice.You can see this with the audience who cheer a loud note,assuming it to be wonderful,when all the time the singer is flat or off key!
I think the general idea of the show is good.
The singers (well some of them) could develop into very good operatic voices.
My objection is to the presenters and two of the panel,AND the whole way it's is put to the audience.
They feel they have to drag the tone of opera down to the level of "The X Factor" or "Brotain's Got Talent".
The fault with doing that is,when someone then plucks up courage and actually goes to an opera,or an operatic recital,it will bear NO resemblance to this mish mash of a programme.
It does a disservice to opera itself,and more of a disservice to these pop singers who are tring their best to become opera singers.
As to whether it will open up opera,this is debatable.An operatic performance can last three hours,(Wagner up to five hours!) so whether new opera viewers would tolerate this is doubtful.
If it just gets more people listening to opera,then that would be great.
In short the format and style of presentation of the programme is rubbish.
We also get the problem (with an udience vote) that we get with all these shows.The "best liked"person will win,regardless of the development of their voice.You can see this with the audience who cheer a loud note,assuming it to be wonderful,when all the time the singer is flat or off key!
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notafish,
I saw Rolando at Covent Garden recently as Don Carlos in Verdi's opera.
I have heard/seen many a Don Carlos,but undoubtedly he is the best.
He had a vocal problem a couple of years back,and stopped singing for a while.
When he started again he had developed a lovely warm lower baritonal range that he never had before (but kept his tenor range too).
Like Domingo(who is also Mexican) he will develop and it is a voice that will progress and change with age,but will always be a lovely sound.
As one soprano said"Never sing louder than lovely"
I think that says it all?
I saw Rolando at Covent Garden recently as Don Carlos in Verdi's opera.
I have heard/seen many a Don Carlos,but undoubtedly he is the best.
He had a vocal problem a couple of years back,and stopped singing for a while.
When he started again he had developed a lovely warm lower baritonal range that he never had before (but kept his tenor range too).
Like Domingo(who is also Mexican) he will develop and it is a voice that will progress and change with age,but will always be a lovely sound.
As one soprano said"Never sing louder than lovely"
I think that says it all?
What a load of rubbish! Mylene Klass looked totally out of her depth as a presenter;
the studio audience were even worse than for other similar programmes - their screaming was only just worse than some of the contestants. Meat Loaf is so full
of himself and needs to be told that the programme is not about him; LLB had nothing sensible to say and Kathleen Jenkins should stick to what she does best.
Who on earth would give a popsinger Casta Diva to sing and then there was the
big tenor aria sung by a bass baritone (yes, I know it was transposed - still wrong Most of the singers sang out of tune and I suspect, have woken up with sore throats.
This was one of the most ridiculous programmes ever to appear on tv and that is
saying something.
the studio audience were even worse than for other similar programmes - their screaming was only just worse than some of the contestants. Meat Loaf is so full
of himself and needs to be told that the programme is not about him; LLB had nothing sensible to say and Kathleen Jenkins should stick to what she does best.
Who on earth would give a popsinger Casta Diva to sing and then there was the
big tenor aria sung by a bass baritone (yes, I know it was transposed - still wrong Most of the singers sang out of tune and I suspect, have woken up with sore throats.
This was one of the most ridiculous programmes ever to appear on tv and that is
saying something.
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