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For many classically trained musicians, the decision is between becoming a pop star and becoming a classical musician, and there is never any crossover between the two. Most of the time. Katherine Jenkins is the rebuttal to that, as a mezzo-soprano who has had records outsell the likes of the Spice Girls and Celine Dion in the same week. By her late teenage years, it became clear that Jenkins was destined for great things, winning the Welsh Choirgirl of the year contest twice and winning a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music when she was 17. She graduated with honours, receiving a music teachers diploma in the process, and after working as a freelance singing teacher, a model and even a tour guide on the London Eye, decided to pursue a career in music full time.
She made a demo that attracted the attention of Universal Classics and Jazz, and after a single audition where she sang Rossini's “Una Voce Poco Fa”, she signed what's reported to be the most lucrative record contract in the history of classical music in the UK, at £1 million. This would not be the last time she broke a record with the value of her record contract. Ever since then, she has remained one of the most popular classical musicians of her generation, releasing ten critically and commercially successful albums, regularly making live appearances in front of packed out stadiums, and becoming a genuine national treasure in the U.K to the extent where she was trusted with a major role in the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special without ever acting before. For taking the world of classical music and putting it into the mainstream with panache, Katherine Jenkins comes highly recommended.
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Katherine Jenkins is arguably the most successful classical artist the UK has produced this generation. Six of Katherine’s seven albums have reached the number one position in the classical album charts and many of her albums and singles have placed highly in the pop charts. Katherine’s crossover success speaks of her immense talent as a mezzo-soprano; she has touched an entire generation with her voice and will be remembered for many many years after she stops recording new material.
Katherine’s popularity both in the UK and the US means that her shows are given the budget to become real productions. Employing multiple costume changes and big effects such as flooding the stage with fog (watch out for her performance of “Bring Me to Life” – it’s magical) Katherine’s concerts are hybrid musical theatre-opera-rock ‘n’ roll shows. A big voice such as Katherine’s deserves a big show after all.
A Katherine Jenkins show will always be the perfect mix of classical or operatic standards such as “O Mio Babbino Caro”, gloriously performed hymns such as “Pie Jesu” and Katherine’s own brand of pop-cum-classical showstoppers, such as the sublime “L'Amore Sei Tu (I Will Always Love You).” I sincerely hope that Katherine continues to release and tour with her music for decades to come. A voice like hers does not come around every day. Go and see her perform live as soon as you can; this woman is a living legend.
lauratunbridge
A fabulous show at a great theatre. Symphony Hall Birmingham. Katherine was at her brilliant best. She sets such high standards. Her presence is like a spell cast on the audience. We had the meet and greet diamond package. Well worth the cost. (It was our birthdays and Christmas presents to each other ) The songs that she chose where a good mix. At the end she was presented with a bouquet of flowers. My thoughts were. Not wrapped and looked like Reeds just taken from the nearby canal. She gave them to a young girl in the audience. Was a little bemused, my wife and me was envious of her. We found it very amusing to find out(via Facebook ) that someone had forgotten to purchase some flowers and they had borrowed the from the board room at Sympathy Hall.
kenhannafordmason
Beautiful singer Her voice is so sweet
It was great to hear Jose Carreras live What a voice he has
Setting not ideal for a classical concert as it took a while to build atmosphere when we were so far back from stage
mary-rogan
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