Let's hear it for OPERA!!!!!! WAHOO!

Okay, the final show for summer ended tonight. I must say I was happy but rather shocked. I figured it would be between Queen Emily and Neal Boyd but it wasn't! Queen Emily got kicked out first! =0 very shocked. Than my man Donald =( , than Nuttin but Strings =[, and that left the 1 person out of the 5 I didn't like -ha ha of course! - and Neal. As I said at the beginning - NEAL WON!!! WAHOO!!

Alright, I know there aren't ALOT of Opera fans out there but there is obviously enough that can recognize an amazing Tenor voice, as I said before, like Pavarotti's. I mentioned in my last blog that I am very picky about singers, so now I want to explain why. My father LOVED Opera. He had Jeannette McDonald and Nelson Eddy movies and albums, Mario Lanza albums, Pavarotti Albums and the 3 tenors. So, can you guess that I grew up listening to it? Yeah. Well, you know little kids, they love to mimic what they hear, etc etc - so yep, I grew up singing it! Ha ha. Than at age 16 my parents put me in voice lessons. I had been singing Alto in the school Select Choir for years and my teacher told me no. I try not to brag but I can't do it anymore so it's more of a memory =]. Through voice lessons I could hit 2 octaves up to a C and 1 octave down to a C. I could sing all 4 parts - pretty cool - I LOVED singing base. Back to the story, my voice teacher also decided that I had the perfect voice for.................. yep, OPERA. So, as my father used to say, if you don't do it you can't complain about it. =]. So, I'm a little picky, okay, a LOT picky. If you want to hear REALLY good tenor's, try and google Mario Lanza or Pavarotti - if you'd like to listen to someone ALIVE... try Andrea Boccelli. Ah, to melt at a man's voice. hmmm =]. A beautiful soprano is Charlotte Church.


Well, so now you know on of my secrets, I sing Opera. Nope not ashamed of it, I just don't sing anymore, except around the house =] my dog likes it. lol. Also, another love of Opera must come from my name Kathleen Patrice. My father named me for his favorite song "I'll walk you home again Kathleen" AND his favorite Irish Opera Singer Patrice. I guess I was just fated. Ha ha. I will admit there are some really, really boring Opera's out there but if you want to see two really good ones with incredible music - lol BESIDES PHANTOM (must see! must see!), check out La Triviata (sp?) or Barber of Seville. Once you have seen the opera and can understand what is going on, listening to the aria's is wonderful.