Your views on "Popera" - yes? no? never??!

reiken · 05-20-2009, 06:22 PM

Hi Folks

as the subject goes, i am interested in how musicians, music enthusiasts (and random people on the whole) view on the genre of Popera~

Do correct me if i am wrong, but Popera comes from two words, Pop (from popular music) and Opera, and sadly there is no direct source to quote this from

A few well known popera artist include Charlotte Church, Josh Groban and even Andre Bocelli is considered to be a cross over singer hmm........

BUT as there are two sides to a coin...
There are pure opera singers, such as the infamous New Zealand opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kawana, who labels 'popera' artists as "fakes" who sing with microphones.

However... it is hard to ignore the presence of popera artists and bands that have dominant presence in the music markets, such as Hayley Westenra (the artist Dame Kiri took a swipe at lol).

So, as an audio student researching on this area, I would LOVE to know your comment/views/criticism on this subject.
What do you think about Popera?
Do you think Opera/Classical music can make a come back into the music market from this?
(--> do you think Classical music will disappear from the music market?!?!)

thanks!!

05-20-2009, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
reiken Groupie Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3	Your views on "Popera" - yes? no? never??! Hi Folks as the subject goes, i am interested in how musicians, music enthusiasts (and random people on the whole) view on the genre of Popera~ Do correct me if i am wrong, but Popera comes from two words, Pop (from popular music) and Opera, and sadly there is no direct source to quote this from A few well known popera artist include Charlotte Church, Josh Groban and even Andre Bocelli is considered to be a cross over singer hmm........ BUT as there are two sides to a coin... There are pure opera singers, such as the infamous New Zealand opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kawana, who labels 'popera' artists as "fakes" who sing with microphones. However... it is hard to ignore the presence of popera artists and bands that have dominant presence in the music markets, such as Hayley Westenra (the artist Dame Kiri took a swipe at lol). So, as an audio student researching on this area, I would LOVE to know your comment/views/criticism on this subject. What do you think about Popera? Do you think Opera/Classical music can make a come back into the music market from this? (--> do you think Classical music will disappear from the music market?!?!) thanks!!