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[JennieJ]

I'm not a fan of opera by any means, but I respected him.

FYI, "Opera" is a broad term. There are many different styles within the genre, some you might hate, but some you might actually like..... just my pet peeve as a singer that people automatically make the blanket statement that they hate opera (I know you didn't use those terms). Opera is theater. If it's done well, it can be sublime, if it's not...well..it can suck.

What forms of opera are there? Robert Dombrower, the lead singer of one of my favorite electronic bands, New Clear Sky, now defunct, unfortunately, has a voice which I'd describe as being operatic at times. The way that an Amazon.com reviewer put it was:

The lyrics are poetic for a change, as if thought was actually put into more than just the music, and my guess is Robert Dombrower is classically trained because his beautiful vocals have quite an impressive range. I would say it's slightly operatic but that would be misleading... Think Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode singing with more of an upper register.

Mostly has to do with when the stuff was written, but if you are comparing Mozart to Wagner the difference...to me anyway... is apples to oranges. There are actually different voice types that are appropriate to different style periods. Opera is like Shakespeare to me. It's meant to be seen rather than simply listened to. Hell, "The Rise and fall of Mahagony" is an opera. Do you like Kurt Weill?  All I'm saying is don't say you don't like things that you haven't really experienced... and consider the source of those things you HAVE experience. Who's on stage makes a big difference. 

[Shawn]

I'm not a fan of opera by any means, but I respected him.

FYI, "Opera" is a broad term. There are many different styles within the genre, some you might hate, but some you might actually like..... just my pet peeve as a singer that people automatically make the blanket statement that they hate opera (I know you didn't use those terms). Opera is theater. If it's done well, it can be sublime, if it's not...well..it can suck.

What forms of opera are there? Robert Dombrower, the lead singer of one of my favorite electronic bands, New Clear Sky, now defunct, unfortunately, has a voice which I'd describe as being operatic at times. The way that an Amazon.com reviewer put it was:

The lyrics are poetic for a change, as if thought was actually put into more than just the music, and my guess is Robert Dombrower is classically trained because his beautiful vocals have quite an impressive range. I would say it's slightly operatic but that would be misleading... Think Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode singing with more of an upper register.

Mostly has to do with when the stuff was written, but if you are comparing Mozart to Wagner the difference...to me anyway... is apples to oranges. There are actually different voice types that are appropriate to different style periods. Opera is like Shakespeare to me. It's meant to be seen rather than simply listened to. Hell, "The Rise and fall of Mahagony" is an opera. Do you like Kurt Weill?  All I'm saying is don't say you don't like things that you haven't really experienced... and consider the source of those things you HAVE experience. Who's on stage makes a big difference.

Okay, that's fair enough.

[doritojoe89]

i hate that i wasn't farmiliar with his music while he was alive... :'(

[jupiter or japan]

that clip posted here had me in tears. The emotion is so huge in that piece. Amazing.

[softanimal]

a legend.  he will be so deeply missed.

(i grew up listening to him; he was an integral part of my childhood.  my mom was a huge opera fan and i was raised a classical musician (i've played violin for most of my life).)

RIP beautiful man.