<p>I stand by my original comments re Ms Franklin’s “competition” and after reading more, I’m pretty confident about the way it will turn out.<br>
And I don’t agree with the sentiment that seems to equal getting people to listen to " opera" is preferable to having them never explore the art form. This results in the general populace believing that Jackie Evanco, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman and Katherine Jenkins are " opera" singers, which they most assuredly are not.
My big gripe comes because these types of things always occur around vocal competitions ( because anyone can sing, right?). It’s as absurd as having Mick Jagger offering to adjudicate a competition for violinists.</p>