In a message dated 10/01/2000 7:56:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
linda@f... writes:
<< but Julie Andrews also sang this repertoire when no more than a child,
and I don't hear any of you criticising that in retrospect.
>>
I met Julie Andrews last year and asked her if she had any advice for young
Charlotte Church and she said, "When I was her age, I wanted to sing Puccini
but my teacher had the good sense not to let me. She seems to be singing the
right repertoire right now [this was before the 2nd CD came out] and I hope
she continues to get good advice."
It's one thing to sing the Jewel Song miked so you can be heard - it's
another thing to try to do it unamplified over full orchestra. It's
equivalent to Kathleen Battle singing "Depuis le jour" with piano on one of
her concert CDs - she can pull that off, but if she were to sing it the way
it was intended - w/full orchestra and no mike - no one would hear her or
she'd hurt herself.
Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI
"Humility is the acceptance of the possibility that someone else can teach
you something else you do not know already, especially about yourself.
Conversely, pride and arrogance close the door of the mind."
-- Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self
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