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Southerngirl wrote:I read an article tonight that said Hadley had recently performed Werther and I couldn't help but think that this is Andrea'a recent opera also. I wonder if they knew each other.
Cami McNamee wrote:
I am not aware that they ever worked together, and I don't know if they had ever met, but I do remember an interview a couple of years ago in which Hadley defended Andrea's voice and had kind things to say about him. Such remarks are not always well-received in the inner sanctum of opera, and I thought at the time it was a courageous gesture....
Cami
On Andrea Bocelli: Perhaps surprisingly, Hadley supports the visually impaired Italian singer with a pop background who has lorded over the classical charts. "I think that all of the flak that Andrea Bocelli has taken is bogus," he says. "Mr. Bocelli has a beautiful voice, he's extremely expressive." If he didn't have his physical impairment, suggests Hadley, "he might have had a whole different career."
Hadley thinks unneeded insecurities drive much of the Bocelli backlash. "I think that people fear that a phenomenon like Andrea Bocelli will change in a heartbeat our perception of the way opera should sound," he says. "Human beings should be given more credit than that." The issue has become too personal, as well, and Hadley thinks singers have lost sight of the bigger picture. "The success of another person in no way diminishes me; if another tenor fails, it in no way elevates me."
"The success of another person in no way diminishes me; if another tenor fails, it in no way elevates me."
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