Author Topic: £5.8 million deal for Jenkins  (Read 765 times)

£5.8 million deal for Jenkins
« on: 20 October, 2008, 09:19:02 am »
Is it just me or does anyone else not understand this phenomenon ? Why does the public go mad over "opera singers" that are really quite rubbish and murder selections of arias and "popular songs" and ignore almost completely the raft of really talented proper opera singers ? Russell Watson is as bad.Can't just be looks as there are plenty of good looking mezzos out there such as Magdalena Kožená.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

bikenerd

Re: £5.8 million deal for Jenkins
« Reply #1 on: 20 October, 2008, 09:52:14 am »
It's what the A&R men think will sell.  She's young, pretty, Welsh, can sing a bit and is willing to do the celeb circuit for promotion.  The saleability of home grown talent should not be underestimated.
Personally, I think she has terrible diction.  I can't tell a word she sings and she sounds as if she's singing with 3 marbles in her mouth! :)