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anneboleyn

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12. As an opera person, please know that NEITHER are "opera singers" or "opera legends"

Reply to HoneyBadger (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 05:34 PM

Dec 2016

Jackie is a "classical crossover" child singer (most people, even her so-called fans, don't even know she is a teenager now as they remember her as a child) which means she does not do opera (nor is she trained at sixteen to do opera -- there is no comparison). They are "classical crossover" singers (nothing irritates real opera singers, who devote decades to their incredibly demanding craft, than being compared to a cheap reality show "classical child singer" like Jackie Evancho).

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